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Creator
Date
2016
Location
New York, NY
New York (State)
United States
New York (State)
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
vii, 201 pages
Language
English
Size
24 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 345590
Folger call number: DA405 .L36 2016
Folger holdings ID: 496392
Folger call number: DA405 .L36 2016
Folger holdings ID: 496392
Summary
"This is the first study of the interaction between warfare and national religious practice during the British Civil Wars. Using hundreds of neglected local documents, this work explores the manner in which civil conflict, invasion and military occupation affected religious practice. As Churches elsewhere in Britain and Ireland were dismantled and the country was invaded by a foreign English army, mid-seventeenth century Scotland provides an important, yet neglected, point of entry in exploring the intersection between early modern warfare and religious practice. The book establishes a fresh way of looking at the conflicts of the mid-seventeenth century. No other study has explored how soldiers were quartered or marched in close proximity to parish worship, how their presence affected worship patterns and how the very idea of conflict in the mid-seventeenth century impacted upon the day-to-day lives of worshippers. Using the signing of the National Covenant in 1638 as its starting point, this perspective emphasises flexibility in religious practice and the dialogue between local communities, religious leaders and troops as a critical element in the experience of war"--
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Introduction -- Kirk and Covenant -- Discipline -- Ministers and sermons -- The Lord's Supper in crisis -- Worship spaces and war -- Collections and poor relief -- Death -- Conclusion
Also known as
Extended title: Worship, civil war and community, 1638-1660 / Chris R. Langley
Related names
author: Langley, Chris R.
subject: Church of Scotland
subject: Church of Scotland