Subject Index: Religion

Religous radicals, non-conformists and puritans etc.

The Instance of the Fingerpost

Type: Book Review
Ian Pears | Vintage | 1998 | Book Type:
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This novel is set in Oxford during the restoration in the 1660s, a time of complex intellectual, scientific, religious and political ferment and uses a mix of both real and fictitious historical figures. The murder of Dr Robert Grove, a fellow of New College, and the events surrounding it are narrated from four significantly different points of... More →

Havoc In Its Third Year

Type: Book Review
Ronan Bennett | Headline Review | New Ed edition (6 Jun 2005) | Book Type:
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Havoc in its Third Year is Bennett’s third novel. It is set the 1630s in the period leading up to the English civil wara town in northern England which had recently removed a corrupt and tyrannical local aristocrat, only then to be ruled by a new repressive puritanical regime. Bennett is a writer of deep political conviction and this novel deals... More →

The Family of William Penn

Type: Event
Date:
With: Jim McNeill,
misc-poster-2012
Liam Flynn's Ale House 22W. North Ave. Tel. (443) 956 1702 liamflynn@gmail.com The Family of William Penn: Their Role in the brutal Colonisation of Ireland The Story of the Penn family's involvement in Cromwell's bloody occupation of Ireland, their amassing of land and estates by force and their role as aristocatic absentee landlords. A mighty... More →

The Life & Family of Williamm Penn (MD)

Type: Event
Date:
With: Jim McNeill,
misc-poster-2012
Red Emma's Bookstore, 800 St. Paul St. Baltimore, MD 21202. 260 years of bloody colonial history - an illustrated talk A mighty counter blast to the deoiction of Quaker, Willaim Penn as a peace lover and promoter of brotherhood and religious freedom. It will include: how Penn's family accumulated their wealth over five generations; their constant... More →

The Life & Family of William Penn (PA)

Type: Event
Date:
With: Jim McNeill,
misc-poster-2012
Wooden Shoe Book, 704 South Street, Philadelphia PA 19147. 260 years of bloody colonial history - an illustrated talk. A mighty counter blast to the deoiction of Quaker, Willaim Penn as a peace lover and promoter of brotherhood and religious freedom. It will include: how Penn's family accumulated their wealth over five generations; their constant... More →

The Life & Family of William Penn (NY)

Type: Event
Date:
With: Jim McNeill,
misc-poster-2012
Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen Street, New York 10002. 260 years of bloody colonial history - an illustrated talk A mighty counter blast to the deoiction of Quaker, Willaim Penn as a peace lover and promoter of brotherhood and religious freedom. It will include: how Penn's family accumulated their wealth over five generations; their constant... More →