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Devil's Book: Charles I, The Book of Sports and Puritanism in Tudor and Early Stuart England
Alistair Dougall
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Description for Devil's Book: Charles I, The Book of Sports and Puritanism in Tudor and Early Stuart England
hardcover. "The Book of Sports" was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. This book takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the "Book of Sports" in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBWE; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
The Book of Sports was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. It was denounced by a vociferous opposition who viewed recreation on the Sabbath as the devil’s work. Alistair Dougall takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the Book of Sports in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. He re-examines the cultural battle that emerged as a result of the tension between Sunday observance and traditional revelry and demonstrates how a new form of ‘sabbatarianism’ became the hallmark of the radical Protestants ... Read more
The Book of Sports was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. It was denounced by a vociferous opposition who viewed recreation on the Sabbath as the devil’s work. Alistair Dougall takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the Book of Sports in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. He re-examines the cultural battle that emerged as a result of the tension between Sunday observance and traditional revelry and demonstrates how a new form of ‘sabbatarianism’ became the hallmark of the radical Protestants ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859898560
SKU
V9780859898560
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About Alistair Dougall
Alistair Dougall taught for four years at Southampton University before joining the Godolphin School in Salisbury, where he is Head of Sixth Form and teaches History, specialising in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English and European History.
Reviews for Devil's Book: Charles I, The Book of Sports and Puritanism in Tudor and Early Stuart England
The scope of Dougall’s investigation will allow historians of Caroline culture and the English Civil Wars to see local, polemicized battles over the Lord’s Day in a longer perspective. More generally, this highly readable book is a case study in how religious, social, and political motivations intertwine. Sylvia Brown, Renaissance Quarterly, Volume 65, No 3, Fall
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