2 POLITCAL AND RELIGIOUS RADICLAISM: RELIGIOUS SECT INFLUENCE IN SOCIETY 3 Flashcards
state control of the church began to brake down 1641> allow religious and radical elements to spread
long parliament abolished court of high commissions, star chamber abolished 1641> a range of phamlets could be published and spread easily allowing radical reliogus elements to spread
new model army> allowed religious and radical elements to spread
many soldiers puritan, some where extreme, during war army helped est and support independent churches, Cromwell promoted the idea of liberty of conscience
religious radicalism 1646-9
during war, many indepedent religious acts and separatists churches emerged, directly challenged the est chruch> range of religious sects emerged
religious radicalism explains why failure to reach a settlement in after math of cw
divines in palriment, prebyterisn keen to disband the army after the war, Scots open to the idea of supporting c.1> if he king would agree to Presbyterian church, they might give him military support
levellers
John lilbroune- loosely organised political group, wanted to abolish the monarchy, level out society and sued propaganda- phamlets, petitions to aplriemnt and newspapers such as the moderate
this impacted the army as encouraged to elect represnitives, and repression of the army
religious radicals: ranters
beloved in predesiition, beloved already chosen by god to go to heaven, didnt matter and constrained by moral bounded
religious radicles: 5th monarchist
belied the second coming fo christ, fcw foreshwoded the arrival fo christ