Puritan London: A Study of Religion and Society in the City ParishesContributes to an understanding of the internal political and religious structure of the City of London during the period of the English Revolution. This monograph reconstructs the social structure and composition of each of the City parishes, surveys the successes and failures of Presbyterianism among the parishes, explores the new relationship between the Puritan ministers and the parishes, as well as discusses the Independents and the Anglicans in this time and setting. |
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Page 16 - Paul S. Seaver, The Puritan Lectureships: The Politics of Religious Dissent, 1560-1662 (Stanford, 1970), which analyze Puritan sermons for their political content.