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This book reconsiders the existence of an early Stuart Puritan movement, and examines the ways in which Puritan clergymen encouraged greater sociability with their like-minded colleagues, both in theory and in practice, to such an extent that they came to define themselves as 'a peculiar people', a community distinct from their less faithful rivals. Their voluntary communal rituals encouraged a view of the world divided between 'us' and 'them'. This provides a context for a renewed examination of the thinking behind debates on ceremonial nonconformity and reactions to the Laudian changes of the 1630s. From this a new perspective is developed on arguments about emigration and church government, arguments that proved crucial to Parliamentarian unity during the English Civil War.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Godly Clergy in Early Stuart England
• Subtitle: The Caroline Puritan Movement, c.1620-1643
• Author: Tom Webster
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 370
• EAN: 9780521461702
• ISBN: 0521461707
• ID: 02031782
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 735 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. November 1997

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