Shaftesbury and the Royal Supremacy

• Published in: Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621-1683 pp. 51 - 76
• Main Author: Seaward, Paul
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2011; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Superb; Young Man; Royal Supremacy; Grand Father; TNA; Worcester House Declaration; Denzil Holles; Foreign Affairs Committee; Heneage Finch; Charles II's Reign; Secretaries Of State; Edward III; Bulstrode Whitelocke; Osborn Shelves; MS 63057B; Ecclesiastical Affairs; Ma Tie; William III; Ma Ty; Conventicle Act; Charles II's England; Vicar General

Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury, was a giant on the English political scene of the later seventeenth century. For a start, it provides a very partial account of Shaftesbury's interest in the Supremacy, which dates back well before 1672. During the autumn further moves were made...