The Declaration of Sports as a Via Media: Popular Recreations and Religious Conflict in Early Seventeenth Century England

Steiner, C. R. (2019). The Declaration of Sports as a Via Media: Popular Recreations and Religious Conflict in Early Seventeenth Century England.

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Title	The Declaration of Sports as a Via Media: Popular Recreations and Religious Conflict in Early Seventeenth Century England
Abstract	The conflict over popular recreations in early seventeenth century England arose out of the disorder caused by the social, economic, and demographic changes of the time. King James I and King Charles I issued the Declaration of Sports to protect recreations against attack from religious reformers. Most historians argue that the Stuart monarchs issued the declaration to assert their authority over the use of recreations. This thesis, through a close analysis of the Declaration of Sports and contemporary writings of the Stuart monarchs and their supporters, reveals that James I’s and Charles I’s recreational policies align with their ecclesiastical policies of creating a via media or middle way between Puritanism and Catholicism. The efforts to create a via media of sports reveal the conflict over popular recreations to include many of the religious, social, and cultural issues that led to the outbreak of civil war in the 1640s.
Date	2019-12-14

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Title: The Declaration of Sports as a Via Media: Popular Recreations and Religious Conflict in Early Seventeenth Century England
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Description: The conflict over popular recreations in early seventeenth century England arose out of the disorder caused by the social, economic, and demographic changes of the time. King James I and King Charles I issued the Declaration of Sports to protect recreations against attack from religious reformers. Most historians argue that the Stuart monarchs issued the declaration to assert their authority over the use of recreations. This thesis, through a close analysis of the Declaration of Sports and contemporary writings of the Stuart monarchs and their supporters, reveals that James I’s and Charles I’s recreational policies align with their ecclesiastical policies of creating a via media or middle way between Puritanism and Catholicism. The efforts to create a via media of sports reveal the conflict over popular recreations to include many of the religious, social, and cultural issues that led to the outbreak of civil war in the 1640s.
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Contributor: Steiner, Christopher R. (author), (Christopher Dudley, Ph.D.) (Thesis advisor), (Michael Gray, Ph.D.) (Committee member), East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania History (Degree grantor)
Date: 2019-12-14
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Identifier: strou:92
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