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The Puritan Age - Coggle Diagram

- - - - RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
        
        They believed in the free interpretations of the Scriptures and claimed the right for the individual to understand god's will from reading the Bible
        
        Priests had to be free to choose how to dress
        
        They were contrary to exterior practices such as kneeling, making the sign of cross, playing the organ etc..
        
        The theory of predestination and election provided that all men were born sinners, so bound to damnation but saved only by God's grace thanks to men's hard work and discipline
        
        For this reason poverty was rejected and was considered a sin
        
        Men had to choose a profitable profession and had to improve their social status as a sign of God's salvation
        
        Leisure was considered a waste of time and theatres were places of corruption of mins and matters
      - POLITICAL VIEW
        
        They wanted a true balance of power between King and Parliament
      - The Petition of Right, a kind of Magna Carta (1628)
        
        It limited King's power, in particular
        
        No taxes or loans without Parliament's consent, no imprisonment without reason or trial, introduction of martial law in peace time
        
        As a consequence the King dissolved the Parliament and ruled without it for 11 years
        
        He imposed the 'ship money', a tax to build ships
        
        He named WILLIAM LAUD, an enemy of the Puritans, Archibishop of Canterbury
        
        He needed money to subdue a religious rebellion in Scotland and he was obliged to summon the Parliament in 1640 (SHORT PARLIAMENT) and in 1653 (LONG PARLIAMENT)
        
        King Charles refused to give up the command of the armed forces and the Civil War broke out
        
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        He married HENRIETTE MARIE, the Catholic daughter of the King Of France HENRY IV