The Politics of the Royal Proclamation: Richard Montagu, the House of Commons and the Dilemma of the Common Law in Caroline England, 1624-1629
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In Stuart historiography, the publications of Richard Montagu’s Arminian books in 1624-5 have been regarded as one of the most notable instantiations of the religious crisis resulting in the outbreak of the English civil war. John Morrill’s much-quoted dictum that the civil war was essentially a war of religion would have been bolstered by a closer examination of the Montagu controversy. Yet while religion was an important agenda to explain the crisis of the realm on the eve of Charles I’s Personal Rule, why it was one remains untold in current historiography. Taking into account the distinctiveness of the English constitution can help to fill this gap. The language of the royal directives including proclamations and declarations in 1626-9 demonstrates that Charles I’s government maintained a conservative stance towards the Montagu controversy, adhering to the existing articles of religion as they had been established under Elizabethan rule. At a time when the common law was failing to fulfill its expected role as a dependable source of authority, how to determine the criteria of religious orthodoxy was not easy to sort out. The proceedings of the House of Commons in 1626 indicate that the Lower House sought to do that, encroaching upon the authority of Convocation, and this became the culprit in the constitutional breakdown of Caroline England.
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In Stuart historiography, the publications of Richard Montagu’s Arminian books in 1624-5 have been regarded as one of the most notable instantiations of the religious crisis resulting in the outbreak of the English civil war. John Morrill’s much-quoted dictum that the civil war was essentially a war of religion would have been bolstered by a closer examination of the Montagu controversy. Yet while religion was an important agenda to explain the crisis of the realm on the eve of Charles I’s Personal Rule, why it was one remains untold in current historiography. Taking into account the distinctiveness of the English constitution can help to fill this gap. The language of the royal directives including proclamations and declarations in 1626-9 demonstrates that Charles I’s government maintained a conservative stance towards the Montagu controversy, adhering to the existing articles of religion as they had been established under Elizabethan rule. At a time when the common law was failing to fulfill its expected role as a dependable source of authority, how to determine the criteria of religious orthodoxy was not easy to sort out. The proceedings of the House of Commons in 1626 indicate that the Lower House sought to do that, encroaching upon the authority of Convocation, and this became the culprit in the constitutional breakdown of Caroline England.
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