Synopsis
Excerpt from The Church Rew, Vol. 47
In addition to the changes in society as above hinted at, the questions arising about the accession of Mary, on the death of Edward VI., when Mary, Elizabeth, jane Grey, and Mary of Scotland had claims to the throne, one being better than another only as Parlia mentary enactments were superior to the Divine right of primogeniture, had somewhat weakened the authority of the dogma that kings reigned by the will of god alone. Close upon this came the unwelcome accession of james - unwelcome to the Peers and upper classes which had the effect to somewhat weaken the authority of the King in the upper house of Parliament, and also in the Commons from the pressure brought to bear on the electors by the great landlords. Hence when Charles finally came to the throne, the times were un propitious for a continuance of the old order of things. The people, for the first time, were commencing to feel their importance and power in the State, and a conflict was inevitable, unless a peaceful solution could be found.
But there was another factor, one of the first impor tance, and one that has been much misinterpreted by popular writers. Religion assumed a prominent place in the controversies of the times. Let us devote a little space to a study of the three parties into which the peo plc were divided - Churchmen, Dissenters, and Papists.
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