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dc.contributor.advisorMason, Roger A.
dc.contributor.advisorTapsell, Grant
dc.contributor.authorDrinnon, David A.
dc.coverage.spatial231en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-13T12:06:57Z
dc.date.available2013-03-13T12:06:57Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/3386
dc.description.abstractThroughout the seventeenth century, numerous Scots became convinced that the major political and religious upheavals of their age signified the fulfillment of, or further unfolding of, the vivid prophecies described in the Book of Revelation which foretell of the final consummation of all things. To date, however, an in-depth analysis of the evolution of Scottish apocalyptic belief during the seventeenth century has never been undertaken. This thesis utilizes a wide variety of source material to demonstrate the existence of a cohesive, persistent, and largely conservative tradition of apocalyptic thought in Scotland that spanned the years 1588 to 1688. Chapter One examines several influential commentaries on the Book of Revelation published by notable Scots during the decades either side of the Union of Crowns. These works reveal many of the principal characteristics that formed the basis of the Scottish apocalyptic tradition. The most important of these traits which became a consistent feature of the tradition was the rejection of millenarianism. In recent years, historians have exaggerated the influence of millenarian ideals in Scotland during the Covenanting movement which began in 1638. Chapter Two argues that Scottish Covenanters consistently denounced millenarianism as a dangerous, subversive doctrine that could lead to the religious radicalism espoused by sixteenth-century German Anabaptists. Chapter Three looks at political and religious factors which led to the general decline of apocalyptic expectancy in Scotland during the Interregnum. It also demonstrates how, despite this decline, Scottish apocalyptic thinkers continued to uphold the primary traits of the apocalyptic tradition which surfaced over the first half of the century. Lastly, Chapter Four explains how state-enforced religious persecution of Scottish Presbyterians during the Restoration period led to the radicalisation of the tradition and inspired the violent actions of Covenanter extremists who believed they had been chosen by God to act as instruments of his divine vengeance in the latter-days.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectApocalypticismen_US
dc.subjectApocalypticen_US
dc.subjectMillenarianismen_US
dc.subjectMillennialismen_US
dc.subjectCovenanteren_US
dc.subjectLast Judgmenten_US
dc.subjectProphecyen_US
dc.subjectPropheticen_US
dc.subjectLast daysen_US
dc.subjectAntichristen_US
dc.subjectRevelationen_US
dc.subjectJohn Napieren_US
dc.subjectJames Durhamen_US
dc.subjectEschatologyen_US
dc.subjectMillenniumen_US
dc.subjectEisegesisen_US
dc.subject.lccBR785.D85
dc.subject.lcshScotland--Religion--17th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshEnd of the worlden_US
dc.subject.lcshMillennialism--Scotland--History--17th centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshBible. N.T. Revelation--Commentaries--Early works to 1800en_US
dc.subject.lcshApocalyptic literature--Early works to 1800en_US
dc.subject.lcshChurch history--Scotland--17th centuryen_US
dc.titleThe apocalyptic tradition in Scotland, 1588-1688en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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