Religion and Society in Early Stuart England

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-32372-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1998, this book presents an overview of some recent debates on the history of religion in England from the accession of James I to the outbreak of the Civil War. Darren Oldridge rejects the polarisation of discussion on the meaning and impact of Laudianism’s innovations and the effects of the zealous Puritans. Instead, the author draws them together to emphasise how each directly influenced the other within a wider heightening of religious tension. Two of its central themes are the impact of the ecclesiastical policies of Charles I and the relationship between puritanism and popular culture. These themes are developed in eight related essays, which emphasize the connections between church policy, puritanism and popular religion. The book draws on much original research from the Midlands, as well as recent work by other scholars in the field, to set out a new synthesis which attempts to explain the emergence of religious conflict in the decades before the English Civil War.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oldridge, Darren

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Religious Conflict in Early Stuart England. 2. Theology and Reform in the Early Stuart Church. 3. The Impact of Laudianism. 4. Fighting the Devil’s Army: Preaching, Persecution and the Puritan Clergy. 5. Puritanism and Popular Culture. 6. Disordered Persons: Irreverence and Protestant Dissent in Early Stuart England. 7. Heresy, Madness and Separation: The Strange Case of Edward Greswold. 8. Christ Came to Set a Sword: Puritanism and the Outbreak of Civil War.

Über Autor(innen)

Darren Oldridge is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Worcester, UK. He has published extensively on religion and belief in the period. His other books include The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England (2016) and, as editor, The Witchcraft Reader (2nd ed. 2008).