Quakers, Tithe Opposition, and the Presbyterian National Church: The Case of Cartmel, Lancashire, c.1644–16601

This article will examine the development of the early Quaker movement in England during the 1650s, and by focusing on one north Lancashire parish, Cartmel, will seek to answer the question: why did people convert to a religious movement that undermined traditional communal worship, and which requir...

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Published inJournal of historical sociology Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 381 - 408
Main Author MAWDESLEY, JAMES
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2011
Subjects
Pilgrims
Presbyterian churches
Religious history
England
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Summary:This article will examine the development of the early Quaker movement in England during the 1650s, and by focusing on one north Lancashire parish, Cartmel, will seek to answer the question: why did people convert to a religious movement that undermined traditional communal worship, and which required a very public separation from one's neighbours? Disillusionment at the slow pace of religious reform, both nationally and locally, during the late 1640s and early 1650s will be highlighted as an explanation as to why a minority of inhabitants enduring a particular set of religious circumstances may have found Quakerism an attractive faith.
Bibliography:jmawdesley@hotmail.co.uk
We are pleased to be publishing this revised version of an undergraduate dissertation which was deemed outstanding by the reviewers as well as the examiners.
James Mawdesley is a research student in the Department of History at the University of Sheffield, UK
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ISSN:0952-1909
2832-5796
1467-6443
2832-580X
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01403.x