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By Richard L. Greaves

Greaves states on the outset the bold scope of his ebook. He has, as he claims, "analyzed the concept of Elizabethan clergy and laity on approximately each subject of social importance to examine to what volume there has been contract between Anglicans, Puritans, Catholics and Separatists...and similar that inspiration to social perform up to possible."

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59 The Puritans shared the ideal of moderation in social affairs. Because extremism is satanic, divine blessings must be used moderately. Becon advised his readers to spend moderately as need required and to beware of superfluous expenses. " There would be more justice in England, thundered John Knewstub, if people adhered to temperance and sobriety in their dealings. " Moderation hinders dishonesty, restrains pleasures within tolerable bounds, and distinguishes men from beasts. 60 Moderation was considered socially utilitarian.

An attempt will be made to suggest the extent to which Elizabethans adhered to these teachings and the means that authorities used to enforce acceptance of the social dicta. Because leadership in the promulgation of social principles was primarily in the hands of the clergy, their role in society Introduction 29 must be analyzed, particularly since they were under attack for factors ranging from antiprelatical hostility to clerical immorality to dereliction of duty. Their involvement with the systems of patronage, pluralism, and tithes bound them inextricably to the laity, who must have been conscious of ministerial activities and demands.

And that the bishop could not travel without a heavy guard. , where Puritan feelings were strong. " Although Burghley did not condone such attitudes, he warned Whitgift in 1584 that many of the men elevated to the episcopal bench were adversely affected by their new prominence and were adopting secular ways. Resentment against the bishops was exemplified in 1586 when Aylmer was at Maiden, Essex, on an episcopal visitation. 12 All hell broke loose in 1588 and 1589—or so it must have seemed to the bishops who bore the brunt of the satirical invective in the Marprelate tracts.

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