'Harden not thy heart': 'Antinomian' appeals to rulers in Restoration England

In 1660, the Quaker Anne Gilman encouraged the Stuart ruler Charles II to govern judiciously, warning: ‘harden not thy heart’. Monarchy’s ability to inexorably remove power from ‘the people’ was concerning; so too were the ruler’s bawdy predilections. The pamphlets explored in this chapter (c 1660-1...

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Main Author: Catherine Gill
Format: Default Book chapter
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/33534
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