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

Intro -- Contents -- The Vale of Gloucester in the Vicinity of Tewkesbury -- Introduction: Church History as a Cultural System -- I. Social Form 1590-1690 -- 1. Reverend Histories: Geography and Landscape -- 2. Parts, Persons, and Participants in the Commonwealth: Social Relations, Institutions, and Authority -- 3. Under the Hand of God: Parish Communities and Rites of Mortality -- II. Social Process 1590-1690 -- 4. Circumcisions of the Heart: Church Courts, Social Relations, and Religious Conflict, 1591-1620 -- 5. A Circle of Order: The Politics of Religious Symbolism, 1631-1640 -- 6. To Unchurch a Church: Civil War and Revolution, 1642-1660 -- 7. Astraea Redux: Religious Conflict, Restoration, and the Parish, 1660-1665 -- 8. Bloody Stratagems and Busy Heads: Persecution, Avoidance, and the Structure of Religion, 1666-1689 -- Conclusion: Symbol and Boundary: Religious Belief, Ceremony, and Social Order -- Appendix 1: Tables -- Appendix 2: Accusations of Witchcraft in Tewkesbury -- Notes -- Manuscript Sources -- Index.

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 the perspectives of class, gender, and demography.

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