Pulpit in Parliament: Puritanism During the English Civil Wars, 1640-1648

by John F. Wilson

Book Overview

Before the outbreak of hostilities between Charles I and the Long Parliament, the King had authorized a regular monthly fast for the realm which members of parliament later adopted as a program of national humiliation. At the invitation of individual members of parliament, two preachers, generally leading puritan clerics connected with the Westminster Assembly, which had been convened for the purpose of reforming the Church of England, were invited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691071578
• ISBN13: 9780691071572
• Release Date: December 1969
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.