The devil's book

Description:

This book takes a fresh look at the controversy surrounding the publication of the Book of Sports and the cultural battle over the tension between Sunday observance and traditional revelry in pre civil war England. Its author shows how a new form of sabbatarianism became the hallmark of radical Protestants who sought to impose their beliefs on society and to suppress all Sunday recreations.--Publisher.

subjects: Protestantism,  Sabbath,  Puritanismus,  Sunday legislation,  Early works to 1800,  Puritans,  Sport,  Sonntag,  History,  Great britain, history, tudors, 1485-1603,  Amusements,  Games,  Sports,  Sunday,  History of doctrines,  Puritan movements

People: Charles I King of England (1600-1649),  Charles I King of Great Britain and Ireland

Places: Great Britain,  England

Times: Stuarts, 1603-1714,  17th century,  16th century,  Tudors, 1485-1603