This study of religious tensions in Early Modern England explores the different religious separatist movements between 1550-1660. It describes the development of radical sectarianism during the reign of Charles I and explores why the unity of radical cause was shattered following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
This study of religious tensions in Early Modern England explores the different religious separatist movements between 1550-1660. It describes the development of radical sectarianism during the reign of Charles I and explores why the unity of radical cause was shattered following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
Part One: The Background:
The Radical Tradition.
Part Two Analysis:
1 The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Church: The Marian Persecution and the Growth of Separatism.
2. Religious Separatism in the Reign of Elizabeth I.
3. Religious Divisions in Jacobean England.
4. `The Two Smoaking Firebrands': Laud and the Growth of Religious Separatism.
5. The Disciplining of Dissent: Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Baptists 1640 - 1660.
6. `Happy Seeker, Happy Finder': The Seekers.
7. `All Manner of Filthiness': The Ranters.
8 `The Truth of Light Within': The Quaker Movement.
Part Three: Assessment
9. The Radical Legacy.
Part Four: Documents.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.