Political and Religious Practice in the Early Modern British World

William J. Bulman is Professor of History at Lehigh UniversityFreddy C. Domínguez is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

• Introduction: post-revisionism and the history of practices in the early modern British world – William J. BulmanPart I: Political and religious practices1 Stealing bibles in early modern London – Ethan H. Shagan 2 Printed English-language bible concordances to c. 1640 and intentions for lay bible use – Amy G. Tan3 In the company of merchants: Edward Sherburne, the East India Company, and the transformation of Stuart political practices – Rupali Mishra4 Consensual conflict in the early Stuart House of Commons – William J. Bulman5 John Hacket’s Scrinia Reserata and the oral history of early Stuart England – Noah Millstone6 ‘Man of moderation’: the Restoration bishop of Norwich – Isaac Stephens7 Hoadly the high and Sacheverell the low: religious and political celebrity in post-revolutionary England – Brian CowanPart II: British, European, and Atlantic dimensions8 The Nine Years’ War in Ireland (1594–1603) as problem of government – Brendan Kane9 Luisa de Carvajal, her ‘Life’, and the place of women in counter-reformation politics –Freddy C. Domínguez10 Of gods and beasts: the many bodies of James VI and I – Alastair Bellany11 Empire of heresy: Samuel Gorton, Gerrard Winstanley, and the London roots of trans-Atlantic revolutionary religion – David R. ComoIndex

'Bulman and Domínguez have put together a collection that will serve as a basis for deeper reflection on the importance of practices during the early modern period. Historians will find much of value in this volume.'Journal of Modern History