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Arminianism , the English Civil War, and Historiography. Jesse McCarthy. English Civil War. Church of England. Monarch supreme governor of the Church of England Elizabethan Religious Settlement James I vs. Charles I Catholic and Reformed Adiaphora Nonconformity . English Calvinism. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Jesse McCarthy
Arminianism, the English Civil War, and
Historiography
English Civil War
Monarch supreme governor of the Church of EnglandElizabethan Religious SettlementJames I vs. Charles I
Catholic and Reformed
Adiaphora
Nonconformity
Church of England
Absolute and Double Predestination
Preaching/word centered liturgy
Relatively tolerant of nonconformity
Connected to continental Reformed/Calvinist tradition
English Arminianism
English Calvinism
Conditional Predestination
Sacrament centered liturgy
Very intolerant of nonconformity
Reliant on monarchy
Redefinition of Puritanism
A Plea to An Appeale (1626) Ibis ad Caesarem (1626)
A New Gagg (1624) Appello Caesarem (1625)
Arminian Pelagian Semi-Pelagian Pontifician Arminian Lutheran pseudo-Lutheran Montagutian Roman Catholic PapistArian
War of Words
Acrimonious religious conflictArminianism major issue in English Parliament
1624-1629 and 1640 until execution of Charles I and William Laud
Massive religious unrest in Scotland and political unrest in Ireland
Arminianism becomes inextricably linked to monarchy
Politics
Stubborn and PigheadedSupport of ArminianismContinued conflict with
ParliamentExtraparliamentary rule
Personal ruleTaxation
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628)
Charles I r. (1625 – 1649)
Francis Rous (1579-1659)
Richard Montague (1577-1641)
What was the English Civil War
Why did it happen?What role did religion play?What role did politics play?
Historiography
S.R. Gardiner, H.M. Treveylan British constitutional parliamentary
democracy History follows a predetermined pathProgressEnglish Civil War
Grasping despotic kings vs. heroic Parliamentarian champions of liberty
Puritan Revolution vs. Conservative Church
Whig
Christopher HillClass struggleProgressEnglish Civil War
Bourgeois revolutionPuritan revolution vs. Conservative Church
Marxist
Nicholas Tyacke, Conrad Russell, Sears McGee
ContingencyMost important causes lie in the years
immediately preceding the English Civil War not inevitable
Long term problems of English body politicCharles IInsurgent English Arminianism vs. Calvinist
Establishment
Revisionist