Puritanism under Charles I

What factors create a serious threat?

• direct opposition to monarchy

• challenging confessional state

• widespread support

• influencing policies

non-conformity grew/was stable

What emerged?

sects

The number of ministers doing what increased?

leaving church to form seperatist churches

Who were seperatists?

protestants who separated from the Church of England

Which church acted as a refuge for Puritans?

congregational church

Why did the congregational church increase in support?

• refuge from persecution

• fear of catholicism (Laud)

Who’s sentences were declared illegal and released by the long parliament?

• Bastwick

• Prynne

• Burton

What was there relative freedom of?

press

Especially during?

civil war

How did Puritans pose a threat to Charles position as monarch?

• stood for democracy in church

• went against divine rights

• Charles saw puritans as threat to royal perogative

Which Puritan MPs opposed Charles in parliament?

• Pym

• Hampden

non-conformity was repressed

What did Charles and Laud use to punish dissent?

perogative courts

What were Burton, Prynne and Bastwick condemned to?

• imprisonment

• losing their ears

What was restricted?

preaching

Where did many puritans leave to for fear of punishment?

• America (new world)

• Ireland

During 1630s estimated how many Puritans emigrated from England?

80,000

When did many return to England?

after breakdown of Charles authority in 1637 with the Scottish rebellion

What was censored?

puritan books and pamphlets

What happened to puritan texts brought from abroad?

• seized

• destroyed

Preaching on what was banned?

predestination

What happened to Puritan preachers?

not funded by town councils