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- Title
Stories Baptismal Registers Told: Private Baptism in Seventeenth-Century England.
- Authors
TJONDROWARDOJO, YUDHA THIANTO
- Abstract
Even though non-emergency private baptism became a debated issue in seventeenth-century England, the practice, as has been commonly believed, did not become a trend all over the country. By taking a close look at several seventeenth-century baptismal registers of churches in and outside London, this article shows that non-emergency private baptism was the choice taken mostly by well-to-do families living in London. As a contrast, rural parishes still adhered strictly to the Prayer Book, by administering private baptism only in emergency. Therefore, this article maintains that non-emergency private baptism was more of an exception than the common practice.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); ENGLAND; INFANT baptism; BAPTISM (Canon law); BAPTISMAL records; CHURCH of England. Book of common prayer; ENGLISH civilization; ENGLISH church history; SEVENTEENTH century; RELIGIOUS life
- Publication
History, 2010, Vol 95, Issue 318, p177
- ISSN
0018-2648
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-229X.2009.00478.x