Puritanism
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Its influence grew broadly among the gentry and merchant classes, forming the core of opposition to Charles, and its adherents viewed the Arminian changes as a covert return to Catholicism.
One side of the deep ideological divides in Stuart Britain, whose adherents were alienated by Arminian reforms and feared a return to Rome.
Calvinists within the Church under Charles I who wanted further reform: preaching, predestination and a godly Sabbath.
Sought to purify the Church of 'popish' remnants and viewed Laudian reforms as a Catholic conspiracy.
Topics that use Puritanism
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – Revolution, 1629–1649 (AQA A-Level)
- 2E The English Revolution, 1625–1660 – An experiment in Absolutism, 1629–1640 (AQA A-Level)
- Religion: conflict and dissent, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Arminianism
- Clarendon Code
- 1689 Toleration Act
- Absolutism
- Absolutism and Prerogative
- Anti-Catholic sentiment and the succession
- Catholic court influence
- Constitutional change
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