King Charles I Religious Involvement In The English Civil War

The clash between King Charles I and the parliament has remained one the rich histories of the development of English world. The purpose of this study is to explore the ways and extend to which English Civil War was a form of the religious conflict. A gradual build-up of tension from the leadership of King James I through the dictatorial ruling under the excuse of religious norm is part of the proving meant to show how religion was the central motive for the English Civil War. Failed integration of political and religious dogmas is also another proof explored in this paper to reveal the religious influence towards emergency of conflicts in 1642. Finally, another area of exploration in this paper is the religious-based influence that led to
Charles had decided to marry Henrietta Maria, a Roman Catholic from France (Kennedy & Black 7). As part of the pre-marital convents, it was agreed that Maria would practice her Catholic religion freely across English region. The agreement also involved the King’s command on lifting restrictions that had been initially set to recusants, a name given to Catholics who turned down the power of attending services in Anglican Church. Moreover, in the midst of 1620s, a time when the marriage took place, there was enormous fear and distrust of the Roman Catholics. Reign of Queen Mary I had prioritized persecution of Protestants, there had been a history of what rose to be known as Thirty Years War, which aimed at wiping out Protestantism in across
Charles seemed to have inherited former King James I, particularly on the religious background. Charles leadership was under the critical control of his religiousness, as his decisions were under perspectives of a Divine Right of a King. Predominantly, Charles preferred worshiping under the Anglican form, with the enticement of gorgeous ornaments, rituals, and ceremonials. As a religious King, Charles leadership was under a thought of considering the hierarchical mode of priests and bishop engagement. Many Protestants found Charles’s act as highly influenced by Catholic actions. Puritans, extreme Protestants, thought Charles’s work as under Popery behaviors. Puritans made it clear that there were after religious faith that was pure, a way of worship without an inclusion of images and icons. At the beginning of the 1630s, Charles’s appointment of William Laud as Archbishop and the new policies of dressing codes for priests caused some fury to the Puritans. Protestant’s rage against King Charles I was largely building-up. At the beginning of the 1640s, the parliament was taking the side of Protestants: becoming repellant to the distrustful way of selfish decision-making under the influence of religious beliefs. At this period, Wales and England were gripped by the religiously influenced political crisis (Gaunt 1). The crisis becomes more severely extend that the central government would