The point of EW
's book is to relate her religious experiences. She follows a chronological path, interrupting herself on occasion to add something that she forgot to mention in its proper Place.
EW
sets out here is to defend Anglican
clergymen of Presbyterian
sympathies, who were currently under attack from more more extreme reformers, and in general to defend the need for a highly educated body of...
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Amanda McKittrick Ros
Helen escapes to a convent, where she is discovered by Lord Raspberry and delivered into his hands, along with Father Guerdo who has helped Lord Raspberry in his search. While the three are waiting at...
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Willa Muir
She compares the parallel stories of the English Reformation under King Henry VIII
, which established the Church of England
(Anglican or Episcopalian), and the Scottish Reformation under John Knox
in 1559, which established the...
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Katherine Chidley
Against a background of Charles I
's continuing war against Scotland (despite the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant in September 1643) in the attempt to impose Episcopacy in place of Presbyterianism, KC
argues...
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Anne Halkett
In this retrospective work AH
expressed horror at the excesses of the Scots Presbyterians
. She also gives here the dates of birth and death of her children, details about her financial trouble with her...