Culture wars: religious and cultural conflict in revel, riot and rebellion

Spaeth, D. (2015) Culture wars: religious and cultural conflict in revel, riot and rebellion. Cultural and Social History, 12(3), pp. 337-342. (doi: 10.1080/14780038.2015.1050892)

Abstract

In Revel, Riot and Rebellion, David Underdown reasserted the importance of the concepts of social change, revolution and puritanism to an understanding of the English Civil War. Regional cultures provided the framework through which the fracturing of England into opposing societies, cultures and, ultimately, armies could be explained. The book contributed to a re-thinking of puritanism as a cultural phenomenon. If the intensity of puritan feeling helps to explain the division of England, so also does the strength of support for the Established Church identified by recent research. Further micro-studies are needed to understand the dynamics of local cultural and religious conflicts before and during the Civil War.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Spaeth, Dr Donald
• Authors: Spaeth, D.
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History
• Journal Name: Cultural and Social History
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1478-0038
• ISSN (Online): 1478-0046
• Published Online: 02 December 2015
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2015 The Social History Society
• First Published: First published in Cultural and Social History 12(3): 337-342
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy