Making toleration [electronic resource] : the repealers and the Glorious Revolution / Scott Sowerby.

9780674075917 electronic book
0674073096 hardcover
9780674073098 hardcover

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

English

1 online resource (404 p.)

BR757 .S65 2013eb

"In the reign of James II, minority groups from across the religious spectrum, led by the Quaker William Penn, rallied together under the Catholic King James in an effort to bring religious toleration to England. Known as repealers, these reformers aimed to convince Parliament to repeal laws that penalized worshippers who failed to conform to the doctrines of the Church of England. Although the movement was destroyed by the Glorious Revolution, it profoundly influenced the post-revolutionary settlement, helping to develop the ideals of tolerance that would define the European Enlightenment..."--Book jacket flap.

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Harvard historical studies ; v. 181.

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