Title: The devil's book : Charles I, the Book of sports and Puritanism in Tudor and early Stuart England /
Authors: Dougall, Alistair.; England and Wales.
Publisher: University of Exeter Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Charles; Sunday legislation Great Britain Early works to 1800.; Protestantism England; Protestantism England; Puritans England; Sabbath; Amusements England History.; Games England History.; Sports England History.; Sunday History of doctrines; Sunday History of doctrines; Puritan movements England History; Puritan movements England History; Great Britain History; Great Britain History
Abstract: This book takes a fresh look at the controversy surrounding the publication of the Book of Sports and the cultural battle over the tension between Sunday observance and traditional revelry in pre civil war England. Its author shows how a new form of sabbatarianism became the hallmark of radical Protestants who sought to impose their beliefs on society and to suppress all Sunday recreations.--Publisher.