The Fifth Monarchy Men
Politics and the Millennium
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3274838 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leo F Solt (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 314-324 |
| Publication date | 1961-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3161566 |
| OpenAlex | W2020225884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
Of the Puritan sects which proliferated in Cromwellian England, the Fifth Monarchy Men were distinctive because of the extreme political implications which they drew from their deep commitment to millennialism. Sometimes called "millenaries" by their fellow countrymen, or "anabaptists" by continental observers, this sects wanted to set up the kingdom of Jesus Christ for His thousand-year rule by the Saints. Its members hoped to realize their quest for a religious utopia by making the old kingdoms of the Stuarts into new saintly kingdoms of the Lord. In order to carry out this idea, several of the leading Fifth Monarchy spokesmen urged Oliver Cromwell to convoke a "Jewish Sanhedrin" or Parliament of Saints which first assembled in June, 1653
Ancient history · Archaeology · Judaism · Kingdom · Monarchy · Parliament · Political science · Politics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2023 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |