The Culture of English Puritanism is a major contribution to the debate on the nature and extent of early modern Puritanism. In their introduction the editors provide an up-to-date survey of the long-standing debate on Puritanism, before proceeding to outline their own definition of the movement. They argue that Puritanism should be defined as a unique and vibrant religious culture, which was grounded in a distinctive psychological outlook and which manifested itself in a set of highly characteristic religious practices. In the subsequent essays, a distinguished group of contributors consider in detail some of the most important aspects of this culture, in particular sermon-gadding, collective fasting, strict observance of Sunday, iconoclasm, and puritan attempts to reform alternative popular culture of their ungodly neighbours. Other contributions chart the channels through which puritan culture was sustained in the 80-year period proceding the English Civil War, the failure of attempts by the puritan government of Interregnum England to impose this puritan culture on the English people, the subsequent emergence of Dissent after 1600

The Culture of English Puritanism 1560-1700 (Themes in Focus, 12)

History

Eales, Jacqueline

Durston, Christopher

Americas

Red Globe Press

A thematic approach to the most recent research and controversies of the period. Charts the long-term developments across the period in key areas such as doctrinal and liturgical change, the role of the clergy and the importance of religion.

Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England 1529-1689

Doran, Susan

Europe

Routledge

James I (Lancaster Pamphlets)

Christopher Durston examines the personality and political ability of the monarch, the court, finance, parliament, foreign policy and religion, including James's record in Scotland and the legacies of Elizabeth I.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Charles Carlton's biography of the `monarch of the Civil Wars' was praised for its distinctive psychological portrait of Charles I when it was first published in 1983. Challenging conventional interpretations of the king, as well as questioning orthodox historical assumptions concerning the origins and development of the Civil Wars, the book quickly established itself as the definitive biography.  In the eleven years since Charles I: The Personal Monarch was published an immense amount of new material on the king and his reign have emerged and yet no new biography has been written. Professor Carlton's second edition includes a substantial new preface which takes account of the new work. Addressing and analysing the furious historiographical debates which have surrounded the period, Carlton offers a fresh and lucid perspective. The text and bibliography have been thoroughly updated.

Charles I

This book considers the personality of Charles and the effect of his decisions as ruler. Beginning with Charles as a prince, Durston goes on to assess the monarch's role in the outbreak of war and the crisis of the 1640s. Centring on the degree of personal responsibility Charles should bear for the events of his reign, the author considers: * contemporary and modern portrayals of Charles' reign * the King's military leadership * the context and prelude to his execution * his status as a martyr king in the 1650s and beyond.

Charles I (Lancaster Pamphlets)

Princes, Pastors and People

Princes, Pastors and People traces the many changes in religious life that took place in the turbulent years of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries.  It is designed to make accessible to readers much of the most recent research, and to guide them through the major historical controversies of the last twenty-five years: * the causes of the English Reformation* the popularity of the Elizabethan Protestant Church* the impact of the Laudian innovations of the 1630s* the Puritan attempt to control popular culture and belief. By adopting a thematic rather than chronological approach, the book is also able to chart the long-term developments across the period in key areas such as doctrinal and liturgical change, the role of the clergy, and the importance of religion in the everyday lives of people.

Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England, 1500–1689

Christopher Durston's full-scale study ambitiously documents the history behind what remains today, a powerful symbol of military rule. He explores the motivations behind the decisions to appoint the major-generals, looking at their careers and personalities. Durston pays particular attention to the collection of the decimation tax, the attempt to improve the security of the regime, and the struggle to build a godly nation. He concludes with an investigation of the 1656 election and the major-generals' subsequent fall from power.

Cromwell's Major-Generals: Godly Government During the English Revolution (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)

Manchester University Press

The first full-scale study of the rule of Cromwell’s major-generals over England and Wales during 1655 and 1656. This is a period which had a dramatic impact upon contemporaries and has remained a powerful symbol of military rule down to the present day. Contains chapters on the three most important aspects of the major-generals' work: the collection of the decimation tax; the attempt to improve the security of the regime; and the struggle to build the 'Godly Nation'. Concludes with an investigation of the 1656 election and the major-generals subsequent unexpected fall from power. Fills a major gap in the historiography of Cromwellian England.

Cromwell's major-generals: Godly government during the English Revolution (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)

James I

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The Culture of English Puritanism 1560-1700 (Themes in Focus, 12)

Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England 1529-1689

Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England 1529-1689

James I (Lancaster Pamphlets)

Charles I

Charles I (Lancaster Pamphlets)

Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England, 1500–1689

Cromwell's Major-Generals: Godly Government During the English Revolution (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)

Cromwell's major-generals: Godly government during the English Revolution (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)

James I