The Cockpit of Conscience: Society, Politics and Religion in Stuart Lancashire
206pp. In plain laminated card covers with titles front and spine. 8vo. Very gentle edge wear to card covers, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Analysis of the religious extremes, with a stubborn Roman Catholic minority holding out against the compulsory Church of England, which characterised 17th century Lancashire - from the Mersey to Coniston Water - in the Stuart era.
