Spirituality in Adversity: English Nonconformity in a Period of Repression, 1660-1689

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 17; p. 162
• Main Author: Sell, Alan P F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2013
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Bunyan, John (1628-88); English language; English literature

Dr Brown subjects the resulting sufferings to judicious assessment, observing the patchiness of actual persecution across the land, the unwillingness of some at all levels of society to obey the law to the letter, or at all, and the discomfort felt by some parliamentarians and Church of England bish...