Description: This innovative exploration of Puritan reading practices from c.1580-1720 connects the history of religion with the history of the book.
Brief description: Andrew Cambers has taught at the Universities of Oxford, Exeter and Lancaster and is editor of The Life of John Rastrick, 1650-1727 (2010).
Review Quotes: 'A stunningly original study of the intersections between the reading and using of books and religious practice among Puritans...a striking work that deepens our understanding of early modern England's religious culture' R. C. Richardson, Times Higher Education