Puritanism in Early America
Title | Puritanism in Early America PDF eBook |
Author | George Macgregor Waller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Selected essays offer historical interpretations of the Puritans and their way of life.
Puritans and Adventurers
Title | Puritans and Adventurers PDF eBook |
Author | T. H. Breen |
Publisher | Oxford University Press on Demand |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195032079 |
Examines and contrasts the early colonies in Massachusetts and Virginia to illuminate differences in culture, habits, and traditions
Hot Protestants
Title | Hot Protestants PDF eBook |
Author | Michael P. Winship |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 379 |
Release | 2019-02-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 030012628X |
On fire for God--a sweeping history of puritanism in England and America Begun in the mid-sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that transformed the early modern world. Providing a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective, this groundbreaking volume traces puritanism's tumultuous history from its initial attempts to reshape the Church of England to its establishment of godly republics in both England and America and its demise at the end of the seventeenth century. Shedding new light on puritans whose impact was far-reaching as well as on those who left only limited traces behind them, Michael Winship delineates puritanism's triumphs and tribulations and shows how the puritan project of creating reformed churches working closely with intolerant godly governments evolved and broke down over time in response to changing geographical, political, and religious exigencies.
Puritans Behaving Badly
Title | Puritans Behaving Badly PDF eBook |
Author | Monica D. Fitzgerald |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2020-05-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 110880506X |
Tracing the first three generations in Puritan New England, this book explores changes in language, gender expectations, and religious identities for men and women. The book argues that laypeople shaped gender conventions by challenging the ideas of ministers and rectifying more traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity. Although Puritan's emphasis on spiritual equality had the opportunity to radically alter gender roles, in daily practice laymen censured men and women differently – punishing men for public behavior that threatened the peace of their communities, and women for private sins that allegedly revealed their spiritual corruption. In order to retain their public masculine identity, men altered the original mission of Puritanism, infusing gender into the construction of religious ideas about public service, the creation of the individual, and the gendering of separate spheres. With these practices, Puritans transformed their 'errand into the wilderness' and the normative Puritan became female.
Puritanism in America, 1620-1750
Title | Puritanism in America, 1620-1750 PDF eBook |
Author | Everett H. Emerson |
Publisher | Macmillan Reference USA |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Religion |
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An overview of the historical development of Puritanism in seventeenth-and early-eighteenth century America draws attention to social and cultural implications and the ideas of John Winthrop, John Cotton, and Cotton and Increase Mather.
The Puritans
Title | The Puritans PDF eBook |
Author | David D. Hall |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 2021-04-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0691203377 |
"Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished"--Provided by publisher.
First Founders
Title | First Founders PDF eBook |
Author | Francis J. Bremer |
Publisher | UPNE |
Pages | 407 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1611682584 |
An introduction to the diverse lives of the Puritan founders by a leading expert