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Religious Conflicts in Caroline England, 1625-40
Marital RelationsHenrietta Maria; Royal
Catholicism
Arminianism & EnglandAfter DortImportation; Containment
Combining Religion & PoliticsThe Forced LoanMaynwaring, Sibthorpe
Laud & FriendsDurham House Group
Laudian Style & PracticePolicies, Justification“Thorough” EnforcementOpponents
Charles, c. 1635/6, by Anthony van Dyck; NPG, on Display at Banqueting House
Marital RelationsHenrietta Maria, French Princess
Queen Consort of Charles, m. 1625
Coronation IssueLasting Personal Influence on
KingWell After Buck.’s Death
Royal Catholicism (qua Mary Tudor)Unrepentant, UncompromisingPrivate, Catholic ChapelLavish Lifestyle (High Costs)Center of English Suspicion
Importing Foreign DoctrinesA Wolf in Wolves’ Clothing
Henrietta Maria, c. 1632-5, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, NPG
Arminianism & EnglandAfter Dort
Followers of Jacobus ArminiusJames’ Calvinist PositionRelationship vis-à-vis Catholicism
ImportationAs with Foreign DoctrinesOvert, Catholic (or Seemingly)Covert, Protestant (Ambiguity)Arminianism/Anglicanism/
FormalityQuasi-Catholicism (Popery)Spark & Conflagration
Containing the FireDependent on the SovereignJames to ‘25 (& Abbot to ‘33)Charles from ‘25 (& Laud from
’33)Arminius, c. 1620 (He Died, ‘09)
Combining Religion & PoliticsThe Forced Loan, 1626-7
For Lack of CashWildly Unpopular; Imprisonment w/o
Cause
Roger MaynwaringRoyal Chaplain to CharlesSermons on Obedience to KingEndorsed Absolute AllegianceImprisoned by Parlia.; Pardoned by King
Robert SibthorpeSermon in NorthamptonshireObedience to King on All MattersTaxation/Finance Not ExceptedImprisoned, Pardoned; Royal Chaplain
Works Printed via William Laud, Bp. Bath & Wells
Laud & FriendsWilliam Laud, Bp. London ’28
Anti-Calvinist; Pro-DRKArchbishop of Canterbury, ’33
Richard Neile, Abp. York, ’31Political Connections; Leader
John Buckeridge, Bp. Ely, ’28Former Tutor to Laud
Richard Montagu, Bp. Chichester, ’28New Gagg for an Old Goose, Anti-
CalvinistJohn Cosin, A.deacon in Yorkshire, ‘25
Private Devotions, Crypto-Catholic
Durham House Group, 1617-30Neile’s London Residence, The StrandTheological Home for Like-Minded
Friends
Laud, c. 1635-7, by Anthony van Dyck; Fitzwilliam Museum, Univ. of Cambridge
Laudian Style & PracticePolicies
Declaration of Sports, ’33, 2nd Ed.; Central Table to Railed East End AltarElevated Ceremonial AspectsWealth, Power, Dignity of ChurchMagnificence of Cathedrals (St. Paul’s)
Justification“The Beauty of Holiness”: Psalm 29:2,
96:9Dignity of & Respect for the Church
“Thorough” Enforcement (qua Wentworth)Strict Conformity to Established ChurchVs. Nonconformity (Puritans > Catholics)
Opponents: Puritans & ConstitutionalistsWilliam Prynne; Plays, Episcopacy; Ears,
S.L.
Prynne’s 1633, Ill-Timed Attack on Stage Plays