ENGLISH 3EC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Turquerie, Religious Skepticism, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
27 Oct 2017
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England is a predominantly christian nation (though internally divided) Christianity widely considered right religion but what form of christianity? (anglican, presbyterian, congregationalist, independent, baptist, catholic, etc. ) Life organized significantly around religious rituals (baptism, communion, confirmation, marriage, funeral, etc. ) Church attendance mandatory, but the period is plagued by complaints about waning attendance, indifference, ungodliness, etc. Various oaths , and penal laws serve to exclude all non-anglicans from public office and universities. Religious identity not yet insulated from cultural and political identity. Deep-rooted desire for uniformity vs. wary of religious violence and persecution (rooted in wars of religion & civil war); act of toleration (1689) Persistent anti-catholicism (sometimes manifesting in violent riots) vs. attempts to loosen restraints on papists (papists act (1778)), roman catholic relief act (1791) Abiding anti-semitism (blood libel myth) vs. readmission of jews (1655-1656); philo-hebraism; jewish naturalization act (1753, repealed 1754) Political power of ottomans generates anti-islamic sentiment (particularly of.
