Godly Clergy in Early Stuart England: The Caroline Puritan Movement, c.1620–1643 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) - Softcover

Webster, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521521408 ISBN 13: 9780521521406

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Religion, and Puritanism in particular, was a crucially important influence in seventeenth-century England. This book attempts to trace the way in which Puritan clergymen saw themselves and the world in which they lived. It discusses the changes they wanted to make to the Church of England in terms of services and in terms of how they wanted to replace bishops. By looking at such matters through the networks of friendship and alliances made by the ministers, a new picture emerges of the role played by Puritans in the decades leading up to the English Civil War.

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"...his conceptual framework expressed in the spirit....If significant books are those which rearrange our perception of some important matter of inquiry, then this is a significant book....Webster's title promises more than his book delivers....Webster's book is a useful, detailed account." Richard L.Greaves, Studies in Christianity and Culture

"...a new approach to the early Stuart Puritan movement." Theology Digest

"...this extremely detailed volume...will be a valued addition to any serious collection devoted to religious or Tudor-Stuart history." Sheldon Hanft, History

"...Webster's book is interesting and perceptive...." Robert J. Frankle, Journal of Church and State

"Tom Webster's Godly Clergy in Early Sturat England is an important regional study of Puritan preachers in early seventeenth-century England....a convincing study by an obviously gifted archivist and scholar of religious history." Melinda S. Zook, Journal of Modern History

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521521408
• ISBN 13: 9780521521406
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372