Caroline Divines
Videos
The Caroline Divines were influential theologians and writers in the Church of England who lived during the reigns of King Charles I and, after the Stuart Restoration, King Charles II. There is no off
Charles II was restored as King of England in 1660.
William Laud
Westminster Abbey by Canaletto, 1749
Jeremy Taylor
Videos
Jeremy Taylor was an English cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his po
Caroline Divines
…of scientific writing that set the modern standards for clarity and conciseness. The work also contains theological defences of scientific study. Jeremy Taylor (1613 – 13 August 1667) was a priest in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes…
Taylor in a posthumous portrait by Eden Upton Eddis at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Jeremy Taylor with figures representing youth, maturity and old age by Pierre Lombart (1650)
Dromore Cathedral showing the chancel built over the crypt where Taylor was buried