Pan-Protestant heroism in early modern Europe

"A study of the challenges posed to an emerging English nationalism that stemmed from the powerful appeal exerted by the leaders of the international Protestant cause. By considering a range of texts, including poetry, plays, pamphlets, and religious writing, the study reads this heroic traditi...

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Main Author: Chovanec, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Early modern literature in history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Nationalism / Literature / Protestantism / Europe / History 1500-1700
IxTheo Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBF British Isles
KDD Protestant Church
Further subjects:B Heroes ; Religious aspects
B Protestant literature History and criticism
B Heroes Religious aspects
B Literature
B English literature ; Protestant authors
B Protestant literature
B Europe
B England
B Protestantism
B English literature Protestant authors History and criticism
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Heroes in literature
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Summary:"A study of the challenges posed to an emerging English nationalism that stemmed from the powerful appeal exerted by the leaders of the international Protestant cause. By considering a range of texts, including poetry, plays, pamphlets, and religious writing, the study reads this heroic tradition as a 'connected literary history', a project shared by Protestants throughout northern Europe, which opened up both collaboration among writers from these different regions and new possibilities for communal identification"
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:3030407047
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40705-6