ABSTRACT
Richard Rogers was a Protestant English clergyman who studied at the University of Cambridge and embraced the non-conformist movement of the Puritan churchman Thomas Cartwright. Opposed to both Catholicism and the Anglican Church, Rogers’ religious views led the Anglican authorities to suspend his right to preach. His personal diary, in which he chronicles his religious experiences and struggles, offers a precious glimpse into the religious and emotional turmoil that he suffered in the late 1580s, a time of great uncertainty as the Protestant realm of England faced war with Catholic Spain and possible invasion.
