Katherine Chidley was a religious and political activist who dissented from the established church; supported the parliamentarian cause against the royalists during the English civil wars of the 1640s; and sided with the proto-democratic Levellers against the more authoritarian regime of Oliver Cromwell. Between 1641 and 1645, Chidley published three works disputing Thomas Edwards' anti-separatist arguments, and promoting the far-reaching principle of the separation of church and state. These are reprinted in this volume and are accompanied by the editor's excellent introduction to Chidley's life and works.
Katherine Chidley was a religious and political activist who dissented from the established church; supported the parliamentarian cause against the royalists during the English civil wars of the 1640s; and sided with the proto-democratic Levellers against the more authoritarian regime of Oliver Cromwell. Between 1641 and 1645, Chidley published three works disputing Thomas Edwards' anti-separatist arguments, and promoting the far-reaching principle of the separation of church and state. These are reprinted in this volume and are accompanied by the editor's excellent introduction to Chidley's life and works.
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