Puritans in Parliament fail to gain radical Church reform

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

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Calvinists
Church of England (Anglicans)
Religious reform

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Date of occurrence 1576-02-08

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England (Location)

The English Parliament meets. A group of Puritan MPs attempt to promote a radical reform of the Church of England. However, this fails, and their leader, Peter Wentworth, is imprisoned in the Tower. He had attacked the Queen for interfering with the right of the House of Commons to freedom of speech.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Puritans in Parliament fail to gain radical Church reform". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=15200, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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