Dissenters: Conscience and Corruption in 17th-century Frome
Hutchinson, Liz
In the 1660s English society experiences religious, social and industrial upheavals. Throughout the land, thousands of Puritan clergy are expelled from their churches and homes if they refuse to conform, and their dissenting congregations suffer repression by the magistrates. Illegal gatherings are reported in the woods at night, raising suspicions of witchcraft and devil-worship. In Frome, Somerset, Molly-Ann and her brothers Ben and Nathanie...