The experience of discipline in parish communities in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1638 - 1651

From 1638 until 1651, and in response to the unpopular religious innovations of Charles I, the Covenanters, Scotland’s leading Presbyterian divines, enforced a programme of moral reform that was intended to re-shape the lives of every member of society. This thesis is a bottom-up history of their attempts at religious revolution – it is about the impact of religious change on the everyday lives of Edinburgh’s inhabitants. It is a qualitative analysis, organised around a series of case studies of Edinburgh parishes that illuminate the importance of ordinary individuals in transforming Scottish culture and society during a period of significant upheaval.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Doctor of Philosophy

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral Thesis

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Queen's University Belfast

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• McNulty, Claire

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Gribben, Crawford
• Campbell, Ian

• Church discipline
• reformed
• early modern history
• Edinburgh
• Scotland
• Covenanters

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

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