A Study in Seventeenth-Century English Millenarianism
by
Dr. Bernard Capp
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
In The Fifth Monarchy Men (Faber, 1972), Professor Capp places the movement in the context of the rise of millenarian thought in Europe from the Reformation and its rapid spread in England during the Civil Wars. For many radicals, the execution of King Charles cleared the way for King Jesus, and heralded...