This book explores the culture of conformity to the Church of England and its liturgy in the period after the Reformation and before the outbreak of the Civil War. It provides a necessary corrective to our view of religion in the period by a serious exploration of the laity who conformed, out of conviction, to the Book of Common Prayer. Through the use of church court records and parliamentary petitions, the views of lay people are examined - those who were neither 'puritan' nor 'Laudian', yet were committed to the reformed liturgy and episcopacy out of sincere belief, and not as a matter of political expediency.…mehr
This book explores the culture of conformity to the Church of England and its liturgy in the period after the Reformation and before the outbreak of the Civil War. It provides a necessary corrective to our view of religion in the period by a serious exploration of the laity who conformed, out of conviction, to the Book of Common Prayer. Through the use of church court records and parliamentary petitions, the views of lay people are examined - those who were neither 'puritan' nor 'Laudian', yet were committed to the reformed liturgy and episcopacy out of sincere belief, and not as a matter of political expediency.
Acknowledgements List of figures List of tables 1. Introduction: the good, the bad, and the godly? The laity and the established church 2. Conformity and the church courts, c. 1570-1642 3. The rhetoric of conformity, c. 1640-1642 4. Sir Thomas Aston and the campaign for the established church, c. 1640-1642 5. Parishioners, petitions, and the Prayer Book in the 1640s 6. Conclusion: laity, clergy, and conformity in post-Reformation England Appendix 1. Petitions for the Book of Common Prayer and episcopacy, 1640-1642 Appendix 2. Subscribing Cheshire parishes and townships, 1641 Appendix 3. Five subscribing Cheshire communities Bibliography.
Acknowledgements List of figures List of tables 1. Introduction: the good, the bad, and the godly? The laity and the established church 2. Conformity and the church courts, c. 1570-1642 3. The rhetoric of conformity, c. 1640-1642 4. Sir Thomas Aston and the campaign for the established church, c. 1640-1642 5. Parishioners, petitions, and the Prayer Book in the 1640s 6. Conclusion: laity, clergy, and conformity in post-Reformation England Appendix 1. Petitions for the Book of Common Prayer and episcopacy, 1640-1642 Appendix 2. Subscribing Cheshire parishes and townships, 1641 Appendix 3. Five subscribing Cheshire communities Bibliography.
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