HIS244H1 Lecture : Civil War and Constitutionalism England
Document Summary
Two major casual factors: changing nature of the middling experience in english society, long term consequences of the english reformation. What was the changing nature of middling experience in english society in the early. 17th century: landowners used the parliament to go against the king. These laws backfired as people realized they could get benefits by looking like the nobles. Impact of the english reformation: protestant majority and catholic minority (anglican v. s catholic, problems with puritans, people felt the reformation should continue, that it wasn"t quite finished. It needed to be purified by anything catholic. The deterioration of english politics: james i (reigned: 1603-1625) was king of scotland as james vi then moved down to become king of england. James was a true believer in absolutism and did not believe that his people could over throw him. He despised english puritans and he felt they were rebellious. Therefore he rewarded moderate protestants rather than the more radical protestants.
