Britain and the Bestandstwisten: The Causes, Course and Consequences of British Involvement in the Dutch Religious and Political Disputes of the Early Seventeenth Century
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Body; Introduction; Part I: Direct British Involvement in the Bestandstwisten ; 1. Beginning of British Involvement; 1.1 Early Involvement; 1.2 The Trade Mission of 1610; 1.3 Beginning of the Vorstius Affair; 1...
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| Language: | English |
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Göttingen
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series/Journal: | Reformed Historical Theology
v.28 EBL-Schweitzer |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Netherlands
/ Great Britain
/ Arminians
/ Religious conflict
/ Political conflict
/ History 1600-1640
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| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
B Political science -- Philosophy B Religion -- Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Body; Introduction; Part I: Direct British Involvement in the Bestandstwisten ; 1. Beginning of British Involvement; 1.1 Early Involvement; 1.2 The Trade Mission of 1610; 1.3 Beginning of the Vorstius Affair; 1.4 James's Motivations for Intervening; 1.5 James I and the Vorstius Affair; 2. Remonstrant Struggle for British Support; 2.1 "Enemie[s] of God?": Bertius, the Remonstrants, and Great Britain; 2.2 Political and Religious Consequences of the Vorstius Affair; 2.3 "James's" Letters to the States 3. Grotius, Trade, and Continued British Involvement3.1 The Dutch Mission(s) to Great Britain in 1613; 3.2 Grotius's Ordinum Pietas; 3.3 An Unsettled Interlude (1614 to early 1616); 4. King James Versus the Remonstrants; 4.1 Carleton and British Support for the Contra-Remonstrants; 4.2 James's New Letter and the Calls for a National Synod; 4.3 Carleton's 1617 Speech and Its Remonstrant Opponents; 5. The Fall of Oldenbarnevelt and the Synod of Dordt; 5.1 Anglo-French Rivalry and the End of the Conflict; 5.2 Britain and the Synod of Dordt; 5.3 Aftermath of the Bestandstwisten Part II: British Writings and the Bestandstwisten 6. Pamphlets, Britain, and the Bestandstwisten; 6.1 Pamphlets and the Bestandstwisten; 6.2 Use of British Texts in the Bestandstwisten; 6.3 Dutch Motivations for Using British Sources; 7. British Arguments in Dutch Pamphlets; 7.1 Predestination and Orthodoxy; 7.2 Religious Toleration; 7.3 Church-State Relations; Part III: The Bestandstwisten and Britain ; 8. British Awareness and Fear of the Bestandstwisten; 8.1 British Interest in the Bestandstwisten; 8.2 British Opposition to Dutch Arminianism; 8.3 Fears of the Conflict's Spread 9. The Bestandstwisten's Impact on Britain9.1 English and Dutch Arminianism; 9.2 The Bestandstwisten and the Rise of English Arminianism; 9.3 Effects of the Bestandstwisten on British Calvinism; Conclusion; Works Cited; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index of Subjects; Index of Names Eric Platt examines British participation in the Dutch religious and political disputes of the early 17th century (the Bestandstwisten) and its significant impact on both countries. Although the disputes began over predestination, they quickly took on political overtones as the two sides, the Remonstrants (Arminians) and Contra-Remonstrants, vehemently debated proper church-state relations and leading Dutch officials began supporting differing sides. By 1611 King James I and other important British figures had also become closely involved. Although the King's initial impulse was to defuse the |
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| ISBN: | 3647550779 |