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A 4 page essay which examines how John Bunyan exemplified radical seventeenth-century English Protestantism in his work, Pilgrim's Progress. The writer argues that Christopher Hill was correct in his assessment that nonconformist Puritans, such as Bunyan, 'turned the world upside down.' Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Dell in summing up their influence over their time-"Poor, illiterate, mechanic men turned the world upside down" (p. 75). By this statement, Hill was referring not only to the
influence that Bunyan achieved through his writing with novels such as The Pilgrims Progress, but also to the fame achieved by Bunyan, and those like him, in his dramatic civil
disobedience (Furlong, 1975). In many ways, Bunyan exemplified the values and sensibilities of radical seventeenth century Protestantism. He steadfastly refused to abide by the dictates of the Church of
England by refusing to attend Sunday services and he also took a leading role in organizing and preaching at sectarian meetings-an course of action which earned him a twelve years
in jail during the reign of Charles II. While the educated men of this era thought of Bunyan and his confederates as illiterate upstarts-the worst insult they could throw
at Bunyan seems to have been to call him a "tinker"-Bunyan represented a growing class of tradesmen and shopkeepers who were developing the radical notion that they had the right
to think for themselves regarding religious matters. It is easy to see Hills point that Englishmen such as Bunyan turned the world upside down. This was a time when
the divine right of kings was undisputed, yet here was a group of individuals openly defying their monarch to pursue their own religious conscious. With such a show of religious
maturity, could political maturity be far behind? Nevertheless, Bunyan isnt remembered for his political activism, but for the artistry of his language. In Pilgrims Progress, Bunyans extensive allegory presents
the evolution of one mans spiritual development in a way that made it appealing and understandable even to those who were not initially attracted to strict Calvinist doctrine. Furlong (1975)
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