'No King but Jesus': The Fifth Monarchist's idea of a Christian Commonwealth

传统上，思想史和宗教思想领域是分开研究的。受世俗化理论的影响，遵循剑桥学派方法论的知识历史学家们否认了宗教信仰的影响和宗教在近代早期的影响。同样地，宗教史也优先考虑神学论点和来源，而不是世俗的。以第五君主派（在英国革命期间活跃的千年教派）为例，本项目将证明神学和世俗的论点在塑造他们的政治思想和加强他们对基督教联邦的论点方面同样重要。

The fields of intellectual history and religious thought have conventionally been pursued separately. Intellectual historians following the Cambridge School methodology dominated by the influence of secularisation theory have dismissed the influence of religious beliefs and the impact of religion within the early modern period. Similarly, religious history has prioritised theological arguments and sources over secular ones. Using the Fifth Monarchists (a millenarian sect that was active during the English Revolution) as a case study, this project will demonstrate that both theological and secular arguments were equally important in shaping their political ideas and reinforcing their argument for a Christian commonwealth.