Ignjatijevic, Gillian L. (1986) The parish clergy in the diocese of Canterbury and archdeaconry of Bedford in the reign of Charles I and under the Commonwealth. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield.
Abstract
This study is concerned with the nature of the parish ministry
in the diocese of Canterbury and archdeaconry of Bedford, its
educational, professional, economic and social status, its work and its
relations with the laity. It is also concerned with the impact of the
Civil War and Interregnum on the profession.
The pre-Civil War clergy formed a professional group with its
own hierarchy, set of rules, rudimentary form of training and career
structure. There was a strong sense of professional identity amongst
them. The parish ministry was a popular profession in which most
ministers could expect resonable renumeration and some chance of
promotion. It can be termed a distinct social group, reasonably close to
the gentry in social standing. It is likely that most ministers fulfilled
their duties; and it is also likely that behind many presentments for
clerical negligence lay local conflicts. Between the Scylla and Charybdis
of Arminianism and Laudianism on the one hand and Puritanism on the
other lay the Anglicanism of the majority of the pre-Civil War clergy.
The 1640's and 1650's was a period of extreme but temporary
dislocation for the profession. A significant number of ministers were
deprived of their livings. Few of these were avid Laudians or implacable
opponents of parliament. Many ministers found it difficult to collect
their tithes. However, the overall adverse effects of the upheavals of
this period should not be exaggerated, for a number of the ejected
ministers made peace with parliament and were given new livings. Others
were restored to the Church in the early 1660%. Most ministers escaped
ejection; and many Anglican ministers survived in their livings
undisturbed and it is likely that a number still used the traditional
liturgy. The Anglican Church thus survived at a local level into the
Restoration period.
Metadata
Keywords: | Clergy's role under Charles I |
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Awarding institution: | University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > History (Sheffield) |
Identification Number/EthosID: | uk.bl.ethos.378991 |
Depositing User: | EThOS Import Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2012 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2013 08:50 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:etheses.whiterose.ac.uk:3009 |
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