Charles I's most loyal subject
Thomas Harrison and the sin of Uzzah
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558641 |
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| Authors | David Cressy (0009-0002-5121-3199, The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 253 |
| Pages | 446-461 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.12219 |
| OpenAlex | W2792577912 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Thomas Harrison, an otherwise obscure cleric, was tried in 1638 after publicly accusing the Ship Money judge Sir Richard Hutton of high treason. He spent his remaining eleven years in prison, writing letters and petitions, while attempting to develop a system for universal knowledge. This article uses scribal and printed reports of legal proceedings, alongside Harrison's letters, to examine his claims of orthodoxy and allegiance. The case illuminates hyper-loyalist ideology, as well as processes of petitioning, and intrigue in London prisons in the reign of Charles I
Allegiance · Archaeology · Ideology · Library science · Orthodoxy · Political science · Politics · Prison · Reign · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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