Puritanism - Puritan, Presbyterianism, History of the Puritans Under Charles I, Allan Perley, History of the Puritans in North America (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Puritan, Presbyterianism, History of the Puritans under Charles I, Allan Perley, History of the Puritans in North America, History of the Puritans under Elizabeth I, History of the Puritans from 1649, History of the Puritans under James I, New England Puritan culture and recreation, James I of England and religious issues, List of Puritans, Solemn League and Covenant, Conversion Narrative, Millenary Petition, Committee for Plundered Ministers, Independent, Directory for Family Worship, Morgan Llwyd. Excerpt: Under Charles I of England, the Puritans became a political force as well as a religious tendency in the country. Opponents of the royal prerogative became allies of Puritan reformers, who saw the Church of England moving in a direction opposite to what they wanted, and objected to increased Roman Catholic influence both at Court and (as they saw it) within the Church. After the First English Civil War political power was held by various factions of Puritans. The trials and executions of William Laud and then King Charles himself were decisive moves shaping British history. While in the short term Puritan power was consolidated by the Parliamentary armed forces and Oliver Cromwell, in the same years, the argument for theocracy failed to convince enough of the various groupings, and there was no Puritan religious settlement to match Cromwell's gradual assumption of dictatorial powers. The distinctive formulation of Reformed theology in the Westminster Assembly would prove to be its lasting legacy. In New England, immigration of what were Puritan family groups and congregations was at its peak for the period in the middle years of King Charles's reign. For around a dozen years, before Laudianism in the Church of England became the movement directly opposed by Puritans (clergy and laymen), there was a growing confr...