Religion and Society in Early Stuart England

Download or read book Religion and Society in Early Stuart England written by Darren Oldridge and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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 emphasise 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.