This is the first study of the interaction between warfare and national religious practice during the British Civil Wars. Using hundreds of neglected local docu

The Parish Church was the primary site of religious practice throughout the early modern period. This was particularly so for the silent majority of the English

John Owen (1616-1683) and Richard Baxter (1615-1691) were both pivotal figures in shaping the nonconformist landscape of Restoration England. Yet despite having