28 min
‘Yet One Warning More, to Thee O England’ – Quakers and the Restoration, 1660-1689 The World Turned Upside Down - The British Civil Wars 1638-1651
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Between 1660 and 1689, Quakerism in England underwent substantial trials and transformations. This was a time of great political and religious instability which posed formidable challenges for early Quakers who had survived the civil wars. Following the Restoration of the monarchy, Quakers faced intensified persecution under the so-called Clarendon Code, which sought to suppress dissenting religious ... Read more
Between 1660 and 1689, Quakerism in England underwent substantial trials and transformations. This was a time of great political and religious instability which posed formidable challenges for early Quakers who had survived the civil wars. Following the Restoration of the monarchy, Quakers faced intensified persecution under the so-called Clarendon Code, which sought to suppress dissenting religious ... Read more
28 min