Hampton Court Re-visited James I and the Puritans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10089428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick H Shriver (corresponding author), Frederick Shriver |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-71 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046900024489 |
| OpenAlex | W2320774721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 7 |
The conference between James i, some of the bishops and representatives of the puritans at Hampton Court palace in January 1604 was one of the most significant events in the political and religious history of England. But at the present time its significance is not clearly understood. The king's puritan policy did not begin or end there, but even in 1604 the conference was understood as a chance for the puritans to gain a measure of toleration or to begin a further reformation of the Church of England. As things turned out neither was the case. The classic accounts of Gardiner and Usher assumed that the conference was a failure for the puritan cause, but in 1961 Mark Curtis, in a widely accepted article, claimed that the king was more sympathetic to the puritans than Gardiner and Usher had allowed. Professor Curtis analysed the creation of the proclamation of October 1603 which announced the conference and claimed that its genesis showed a measure of serious criticism of the Established Church which has never been acknowledged by historians. He pointed out the episcopal bias of the official account of the conference, William Barlow's The Summe and Substance of the Conference... at Hampton Court , and noted the importance of what he felt was a neglected source, an ‘Anonymous Account’, which he believed showed marked differences between the king and the bishops, and emphasised the common ground between the king and the puritans. By considering the decisions made at the conference - whether they were put into effect or not - Professor Curtis was convinced that the conference itself was a puritan success in which the king made important concessions to them
Bishops · Criticism · Political science · Politics · Proclamation · Toleration · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2023 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |