Godly Clergy in Early Stuart England: The Caroline Puritan Movement, c.1620–1643

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

by Tom Webster

Religion, and Puritanism in particular, was a crucially important influence in seventeenth-century England. This book attempts to trace the way in which Puritan clergymen saw themselves and the world in which they lived. It discusses the changes they wanted to make to the Church of England in terms of services and in terms of how they wanted to replace bishops. By looking at such matters through the networks of friendship and alliances made by the ministers, a new picture emerges of the role played by Puritans in the decades leading up to the English Civil War.

372 pages, Paperback

First published November 6, 1997