Book Description
This is an admirable handbook presenting a clear and consecutive history of the main current of English Puritanism in England from its earliest manifestation in the medieval church to Charles II. It is an instructive tool to tie loose ends of the movement together and as a handbook tool for continuing reference. Dr. Heron has here given the reader the benefit of his sound scholarship, graceful style, and wide reading, and presents a book delightful to read and useful as a guide to those who do not find it easy to trace through larger works the ramifications of Puritan history. The effects on the Puritans on such writers as Shakespeare, Spenser, and Milton are also discussed. Dr. Heron's book, shows on every page the competent hand of the scholarly professor of ecclesiastical history and accomplished writer. The plan of the book is simple, yet comprehensive, the material is solid, yet enriched and varied by wide reading and a fine literary judgment, the point of view is that of a man in sympathy with his subject, and the permanent significance of Puritan thought in the history of human progress.
