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Dissenting Divines presenting their petition to James I.
Dissenting Divines presenting their petition to James I. English Dissenters were Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, they opposed state interference in religious matters, wanting Protestant Reformation of the Established Church. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.
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