Parish communities and religious conflict in the Vale of Gloucester, 1590-1690
By: Daniel C. Beaver.
Series: Harvard historical studies ;; 129; Harvard historical studies ;; v. 129.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Church controversies.; Tewkesbury Region (England) -- Church history -- 16th century.; Tewkesbury Region (England) -- Church history -- 17th century.
Description: Many historians have attempted to understand the violent religious conflicts of the seventeenth century from viewpoints dominated by concepts of class, gender, and demography. But few studies have explored the cultural process whereby religious symbolism created social cohesion and political allegiance. This book examines religious conflict in the parish communities of early modern England using an interdisciplinary approach that includes all these perspectives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-442) and index.