They wanted less power in the hands of bishops, more inclusion in the Church, and greater freedom for 'independent' congregations that assembled according to the individual believers' consciences and their own interpretation of the Bible. Many MPs were Puritans, and of these, the Independents or Congregationalists dominated.
Parliament also wanted to prevent what it considered a steady return to Catholic practices in the Anglican Church masterminded by such Arminians as William Laud (1573-1645), the Archbishop of Canterbury. King Charles' lack of compromise and unshakeable belief in his divine right to rule had brought him into direct and persistent conflict with an equally strong-willed Parliament that wanted a greater role in government. The war was only the fighting phase of a struggle that went back to the very first year of Charles I's reign in 1625. The Third English Civil War or Anglo-Scottish War (1650-1651).The Second English Civil War (Feb-Aug 1648).The First English Civil War (1642-1646).'Light in touch, though grounded in an enormous wealth of documentary material this "people's history" shows how England's men and women coped with quite extraordinary times.' Scotsman You may also be interested in. 'This book vigorously brings the horror and humanity of the conflict to life.' Financial Times 'Narrative history at its best: gripping, heartfelt, complex.' Mail on Sunday
'Wonderful.Purkiss offers a sumptuous portrait gallery of the men and women who lived, wrote and died during this turbulent period.A joyous read.' Daily Telegraph 'Purkiss has an eye for the narrative vignette that can illuminate the age.' Sunday Times 'You begin to get close to what it would have been like to live through the nine momentous years from 1640 to would be hard to imagine anything more irresistible than this rich layer cake of a book, crammed with the stories and the voices that make history human.' Guardian 'Rich, vivid and passionate.a moving, lyrical and principled piece of writing.Purkiss has a gift for evocation.' Independent
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