The word Puritan comes from ‘purity’ or ‘purify’. These were extreme Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England by returning to the simple and uncomplicated worship and way of ...

You never know - you might find evidence of Shakespeare’s footsteps close to home… One of the most peppery of the Puritans in Elizabethan times is the pamphleteer Philip Stubbes. Stubbes is ...