Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Tables -- List of Appendices -- Introduction -- PART ONE: REGULATING RELIGION AND CHRISTIAN MORALITY IN THE KING'S ARMIES -- BEFORE 1642 -- CHAPTER ONE Early English Orders -- CHAPTER TWO The First Bishops' War -- Arundel's Orders of 1639 -- CHAPTER THREE The Second Bishops' War: 1640 to 1641 -- Northumberland's Orders of 1640 -- Holland's Orders of 1641 -- PART TWO: REGULATING RELIGION AND CHRISTIAN MORALITY IN THE KING'S ARMIES DURING THE CIVIL WARS -- Establishing the Texts -- CHAPTER FOUR The Civil War: 1642 -- His Majesty's Orders of 1642 -- Newcastle's Orders of 1642 -- CHAPTER FIVE The Civil War: 1643 to 1643/4 -- Proclamation, June 12, 1643 -- His Majesty's Orders of 1643/4 -- CHAPTER SIX The Civil War: 1644 to 1645 -- Proclamation of April 8, 1644 -- Injunctions of November 1645 -- CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book documents the commitment of the commanders of Charles I's armies to religious observance and moral discipline. Through a close textual analysis of printed military regulations, royal proclamations, and injunctions, a long tradition of British military regulation is outlined and developmental patterns of influence in the orders are traced. In these sources, swearing, drunkenness, fornication, and duelling, as well as attendance at prayers and sermons were perennial concerns and it may be necessary to re-examine the stereotypical image of the Cavalier. The official foundation of the British Army Chaplains' Corps is finally identified and shown to belong in the Royalist army. Many details about attitudes to and the status of women in the King's armies are provided.

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