Society and Puritanism in pre-Revolutionary England [print]
Christopher Hill.
- second edition.
- New York, Schocken Books (c)1967.
- 520 pages 21 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The definition of a Puritan -- The preaching of the word -- The ratsbane of lecturing -- The industrious sort of people -- The uses of sabbatarianism -- Discipline, monarchical, aristocratical and democratical -- The poor and the parish -- The bawdy courts -- The court of high commission -- The rusty sword of the church -- From oaths to interest -- The secularization of the parish -- The spiritualization of the household -- Individuals and communities.