Some Puritans valued good preaching above the services ... they threatened her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. In 1577 therefore, Elizabeth issued instructions to her ...
Theatre was generally regarded by the Puritans as being immoral ... brought about by the all-male Elizabethan stage (women in England were barred from performing on the public stage until after ...
First, in Puritan New England, politics was predicated on unity and homogeneity, not division and difference. Diversity as such was not considered a virtue nor a strength. Peace at all costs ...
Puritans wanted the English Protestant Reformation to go further. They wished to rid the Church of England of “popish” – that is, Catholic – elements like bishops and kneeling at services.
Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans believed that the Church of England needed to be reformed, but they elected to remain within the church, rather than separate from it. They arrived by the thousands ...
Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans believed that the Church of England needed to be reformed, but they elected to remain within the church, rather than separate from it. They arrived by the thousands ...