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On the face of it England had managed [[The Reformation]] without the violence that marred it in Europe and the transition of [[person::James 1]]succession had been smooth. However the transition to a protestant church had been slow in the country. However the tumult abroad increasingly affected opinion in England and would eventual cause an outbreak of civil war violence that dwarfed the religious infractions abroad. | On the face of it England had managed [[The Reformation]] without the violence that marred it in Europe and the transition of [[person::James 1]] succession had been smooth. However the transition to a protestant church had been slow in the country. However the tumult abroad increasingly affected opinion in England and would eventual cause an outbreak of civil war violence that dwarfed the religious infractions abroad. | ||
The long catalogue of events starts with he ascension of [[person::Charles 1]] himself in 1625. He personified the concept of the [[Divine Right of Kings]] but could the defects of one man bring the whole kingdom to civil war? He was a dutiful king and one interested in bringing in reforms. However, in his execution of these he was arrogant, untrustworthy and lacked political judgment . It could be said that the seeds of civil insurrection blown in from continental Europe were already there and by his actions he fertilized them. | The long catalogue of events starts with he ascension of [[person::Charles 1]] himself in 1625. He personified the concept of the [[Divine Right of Kings]] but could the defects of one man bring the whole kingdom to civil war? He was a dutiful king and one interested in bringing in reforms. However, in his execution of these he was arrogant, untrustworthy and lacked political judgment . It could be said that the seeds of civil insurrection blown in from continental Europe were already there and by his actions he fertilized them. | ||
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The seeds of the ' the Great Rebellion"
On the face of it England had managed The Reformation without the violence that marred it in Europe and the transition of James 1 succession had been smooth. However the transition to a protestant church had been slow in the country. However the tumult abroad increasingly affected opinion in England and would eventual cause an outbreak of civil war violence that dwarfed the religious infractions abroad.
The long catalogue of events starts with he ascension of Charles 1 himself in 1625. He personified the concept of the Divine Right of Kings but could the defects of one man bring the whole kingdom to civil war? He was a dutiful king and one interested in bringing in reforms. However, in his execution of these he was arrogant, untrustworthy and lacked political judgment . It could be said that the seeds of civil insurrection blown in from continental Europe were already there and by his actions he fertilized them.
The Civil War was not a battle between Catholics and Protestants but really between two strands of protestantism. On the one hand an uneasy patch work of Episcopacy maintaining a Catholic structure and Calvinist theology and a Presbyterian on the other. For shorthand we could describe these as Anglican and Puritan.
Although Puritanism was originally a derogatory term. It's meaning lay in the observance of the word of God and its dismissed the pomp and imagery, idolatry of the Catholic church that could obscure the true meaning of the faith.
