1st Edition

Worship, Civil War and Community, 1638–1660

By Chris R. Langley Copyright 2016
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first study of the interaction between warfare and national religious practice during the British Civil Wars. Using hundreds of neglected local documents, this work explores the manner in which civil conflict, invasion and military occupation affected religious practice. As Churches elsewhere in Britain and Ireland were dismantled and the country was invaded by a foreign English army,... Read more

Introduction  1. Kirk and Covenant  2. Discipline  3. Ministers and Sermons  4. The Lord's Supper in Crisis  5. Worship Spaces and War  6. Collections and Poor Relief  7. Death  8. Conclusion

Biography

Chris R. Langley is Lecturer in Early Modern British History at Newman University.