Puritanism in north-west England

Puritanism in north-west England
Author: R C Richardson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2022-12-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526169681

Originally published in 1972, this book was the very first regional study of Puritanism to appear in print, and it has remained a widely influential text. Puritanism in north-west England brings out the many internal contrasts within the huge, sprawling diocese of Chester and the large parishes within it, and is alert to comparisons with other parts of England. One of its most distinctive features was the way in which for much of the period under review – for expedient reasons – Puritanism in this region was backed, rather than persecuted, by the ecclesiastical and civil authorities as a bulwark against entrenched Roman Catholicism. The ongoing struggles between Puritanism and Roman Catholicism are systematically documented, partly by means of parish case studies. The respective, interlocking roles of puritan clergy, laity and patrons are carefully considered. Lay activism and gender dynamics receive extended treatment; there is much here on Puritanism’s inner momentum and on women’s history. The educational background of the clergy, especially their shared university experience, is analysed, as are the reading habits of clergy and laity alike. Though much further research on Puritanism has taken place since 1972, the approach adopted in this study and its findings retain their validity and relevance.

Religious Space in Reformation England

Religious Space in Reformation England
Author: Susan Guinn-Chipman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317321405

The dissolution of the monasteries in England during the 1530s began a turbulent period of religious restructuring. Focusing on the counties of Wiltshire and Cheshire, Guinn-Chipman looks at the changing nature of religion over the next two centuries.

Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558–1829

Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558–1829
Author: Michael Mullett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1998-09-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1349269158

In this new study, Michael Mullett examines the social, political and religious development of Catholic communities in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the Reformation to the arrival of toleration in the nineteenth century. The story is a sequence from active persecution, through unofficial tolerance, to legal recognition. Dr Mullett brings together original research with the new insights of specialist monographs and articles over recent years and provides indispensable information on how Britain's and particularly Ireland's, present religious situation has evolved. The book also offers a timely updated review of the role religion has played in the emergence of collective identities in Britain and Ireland between 1558-1829. Controversial and shaking some long-held assumptions, the book is strongly argued on the basis of extensive research and a review of the existing literature.

Church Papists

Church Papists
Author: Alexandra Walsham
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780851157573

A study of clerical reaction to the sizeable number of Catholics who outwardly conformed to Protestantism in late 16c England. An important and satisfying monograph... Many insights emerge from this rich and original study, whichwhets the appetite for more. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW [Diarmaid MacCulloch] `Church Papist' was a nickname, a term of abuse, for those English Catholics who outwardly conformed to the established Protestant Church and yet inwardly remained Roman Catholics. The more dramatic stance of recusancy has drawn historians' attention away from this sizeable, if statistically indefinable, proportion of Church of England congregations, but its existence and significance is here clearly revealed through contemporary records, challenging the sectarian model of post-Reformation Catholicism perpetuated by previous historians. Alexandra Walsham explores the aggressive reaction of counter-Reformation clergy to the compromising conduct of church papists and the threat theyposed to Catholicism's separatist image; alongside this she explains why parish priests simultaneously condoned qualified conformity. This scholarly and original study thus draws into focus contemporary clerical apprehensions andanxieties, as well as the tensions caused by the shifting theological temper ofthe late Elizabethan and early Stuart church.ALEXANDRA WALSHAM is Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter.

Courtship, Illegitimacy, and Marriage in Early Modern England

Courtship, Illegitimacy, and Marriage in Early Modern England
Author: Richard Adair
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1996
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780719042522

This is a study of bastardy and marriage between the 16th and 18th centuries, exploring the topic from a regional perspective. The book asserts that the very concept of national demographic data is shown to be deeply flawed.

Lest We be Damned

Lest We be Damned
Author: Lisa McClain
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780415967907

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Getting Along?

Getting Along?
Author: Adam Morton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 131712832X

Examining the impact of the English and European Reformations on social interaction and community harmony, this volume simultaneously highlights the tension and degree of accommodation amongst ordinary people when faced with religious and social upheaval. Building on previous literature which has characterised the progress of the Reformation as 'slow' and 'piecemeal', this volume furthers our understanding of the process of negotiation at the most fundamental social and political levels - in the family, the household, and the parish. The essays further research in the field of religious toleration and social interaction in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in both Britain and the wider European context. The contributors are amongst the leading researchers in the fields of religious toleration and denominational history, and their essays combine new archival research with current debates in the field. Additionally, the collection seeks to celebrate the career of Professor Bill Sheils, Head of the Department of History at the University of York, for his on-going contributions to historians' understanding of non-conformity (both Catholic and Protestant) in Reformation and post-Reformation England.

Elizabethan Manchester

Elizabethan Manchester
Author: Thomas Stuart Willan
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1980
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719013362

Crime in England

Crime in England
Author: J S Cockburn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2020-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000156257

This volume, first published in 1977, brings together eleven studies of crime and the administration of the criminal law in England during the early modern period. They represent a variety of approaches – legal, historical and sociological – to the study of historical crime. The initial essay in this study, which is written from a legal standpoint, is the first coordinated account of the structure of criminal law administration in this formative period. It is followed by investigations into the nature and incidence of crime, court appearance and punishment, separate studies of witchcraft, infanticide and poaching, and an account of conditions in eighteenth-century Newgate. This book will be of particular interest to students of criminology and history.