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020			_a9781139003711 (ebook)
020			_z9780521119726 (hardback)
020			_z9780521135566 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aBJ1533.M7 _bS53 2011
082	0	0	_a942.05 _223
100	1		_aShagan, Ethan H., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Rule of Moderation : _bViolence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England / _cEthan H. Shagan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (396 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWhy was it that whenever the Tudor-Stuart regime most loudly trumpeted its moderation, that regime was at its most vicious? This groundbreaking book argues that the ideal of moderation, so central to English history and identity, functioned as a tool of social, religious and political power. Thus The Rule of Moderation rewrites the history of early modern England, showing that many of its key developments – the via media of Anglicanism, political liberty, the development of empire and even religious toleration – were defined and defended as instances of coercive moderation, producing the 'middle way' through the forcible restraint of apparently dangerous excesses in Church, state and society. By showing that the quintessentially English quality of moderation was at heart an ideology of control, Ethan Shagan illuminates the subtle violence of English history and explains how, paradoxically, England came to represent reason, civility and moderation to a world it slowly conquered.
650		0	_aModeration
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521119726
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003711
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38162 _d38162