Western Civilization II / Unit 2 WC2 0101 short lesson, about 20 seconds
England in 1600: A Backwater With a Divided Church
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The idea
In sixteen hundred England had a quarter of France's people, the anchor's figure, a weak monarchy and powerful landowners. Its church was nominal: only Anglicans held office, but a high-church faction loved Catholic ritual while Puritans, Calvinist in belief, wanted austerity.
In practice
Scotland Presbyterian, Ireland Catholic and colonized, English Catholics underground.
Where people slip
The anchor's irony: this backwater became the first great constitutional monarchy.
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