1. Religious Conflict in Early Stuart England. 2. Theology and Reform in the Early Stuart Church. 3. The Impact of Laudianism. 4. Fighting the Devil’s Army: Preaching, Persecution and the Puritan Clergy. 5. Puritanism and Popular Culture. 6. Disordered Persons: Irreverence and Protestant Dissent in Early Stuart England. 7. Heresy, Madness and Separation: The Strange Case of Edward Greswold. 8. Christ Came to Set a Sword: Puritanism and the Outbreak of Civil War.
Biography
Darren Oldridge is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Worcester, UK. He has published extensively on religion and belief in the period. His other books include The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England (2016) and, as editor, The Witchcraft Reader (2nd ed. 2008).
' Darren Oldridge’s perspective on the English 1630s is a very intriguing revision of some of the more traditional, intellectual-historical views.' Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1 '...clear, organized...a useful introduction for scholars and students to some of the religious questions of Caroline England.' Religious Studies Review, Vol. 25, No. 3 '...interesting...remarkably broad and very readable...' Journal of Modern History, Vol. 72, No. 2 '...Oldridge reveals an interesting spectrum of religious beliefs in his communities...a valuable work.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History, vol. 51, no. 1
