{"product_id":"antichrist-in-seventeenth-century-england-9780860919971","title":"Antichrist in Seventeenth-Century England","description":"In the centuries following the Reformation, Antichrist--the biblical Beast, whose coming was to precede the end of the world and the coming of Christ's kingdom--was an intensely real figure. The debate raged as to who this Antichrist, whose downfall was now at hand, might be. Was he the Pope? Bishops? A state church? The monarchy? Or was it just a term of abuse to be hurled at anybody one disliked? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Hill, one of Britain's most distinguished historians, here reconstructs the significance of Antichrist during the revolutionary crises of the early seventeenth century. Radical Protestant sects applied the term--a name synonymous with repression and persecution--to those Establishment institutions of which they disapproved; in particular, the Pope. Then, with that revolution in thought which resulted in the separation of religion from politics, the figure of Antichrist lost its significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hill \u003c\/b\u003e(1912-2003) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and later became Master of the college. His celebrated and influential works include \u003ci\u003eIntellectual Origins of the English Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The World Turned Upside Down \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Turbulent, Seditious and Fractious People: John Bunyan and His Church.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51834622378258,"sku":"9780860919971","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f442bf60-7449-4507-a99b-91a855e066b3.jpg?v=1767095597","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/antichrist-in-seventeenth-century-england-9780860919971","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}