7) Puritan opposition Flashcards
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Puritan =
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“hotter sort of Protestant” (Patrick Collinson)
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Puritan beliefs
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- aim: to introduce more reforms so that CofE was further removed from Catholicism
- importance of Bible & belief in millenarianism
- extreme reaction to Catholicism
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Puritan opposition: John Williams 1637
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Bishop imprisoned for criticising new altar policy in a book
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Puritan opposition: Prynne, Burton & Bastwick 1637
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lawyer, doctor, cleric: imprisoned for life & cropping of ears & fined for criticising Laudian reforms
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Puritan emigration
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approx. 60,000 emigrated during Personal Rule to America in protest against Laudian reforms
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Millenarianism
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belief of Protestants in the end of the world, thought political crisis was part of the end of the world, and feared Judgement Day would be soon - meant many Puritans took on more public roles in 1630s