Establishes the theological roots and political resonances of Laudianism, the dominant political theology of the Personal Rule.

The first general study of different attitudes to conformity and the political and cultural significance of the resulting consensus on what came to be regarded

The story of the reign of Charles I — told through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archival and printe

Dangerous Talk examines the 'lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings