The devil's book
Subtitle: Charles I, the Book of sports and Puritanism in Tudor and early Stuart England
By: Alistair Dougall
Contributors: England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Exeter, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780859898560
Subjects: Protestantism; Sabbath; Puritanismus; Sunday legislation; Early works to 1800; Puritans; Sport; Sonntag; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Vain, stupid, profane games' : Medieval attitudes to the playing of sports on the Sabbath and other holy days; title: The impact of the break with Rome; title: The reign of Elizabeth I and the battle over the Lord's Day; title: James I's 'dancing book' and the politicization of 'Saint Sabbath'; title: The Book of Sports and the reign of Charles I : from a 'pious Statute' to 'bloody civil war'; title: Enforcement and reaction : choosing between the 'Commandments of God and Man'