TY - JOUR

T1 - Quakers, Tithe Opposition, and the Presbyterian National Church: The Case of Cartmel, Lancashire, c.1644-1660

AU - Mawdesley, James

PY - 2011/9/1

Y1 - 2011/9/1

N2 - This article will examine the development of the early Quaker movement in England during the 1650s, and by focusing on one north Lancashire parish, Cartmel, will seek to answer the question: why did people convert to a religious movement that undermined traditional communal worship, and which required a very public separation from one's neighbours? Disillusionment at the slow pace of religious reform, both nationally and locally, during the late 1640s and early 1650s will be highlighted as an explanation as to why a minority of inhabitants enduring a particular set of religious circumstances may have found Quakerism an attractive faith.

AB - This article will examine the development of the early Quaker movement in England during the 1650s, and by focusing on one north Lancashire parish, Cartmel, will seek to answer the question: why did people convert to a religious movement that undermined traditional communal worship, and which required a very public separation from one's neighbours? Disillusionment at the slow pace of religious reform, both nationally and locally, during the late 1640s and early 1650s will be highlighted as an explanation as to why a minority of inhabitants enduring a particular set of religious circumstances may have found Quakerism an attractive faith.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01403.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01403.x

M3 - Journal article

VL - 24

SP - 381

EP - 408

JO - Journal of Historical Sociology

JF - Journal of Historical Sociology

SN - 0952-1909

IS - 3

ER -