Parish Communities and Religious Conflict in the Vale of Gloucester, 1590-1690

by Daniel C. Beaver

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674758455
• ISBN13: 9780674758452
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"