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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450076703321

Autore

Bremer Francis J

Titolo

John Winthrop [[electronic resource] ] : America's forgotten founding father / / Francis J. Bremer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-48196-X

0-19-803401-6

1-60256-900-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Disciplina

974.4/02/092

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Soggetti

Governors - Massachusetts

Puritans - Massachusetts

Puritans - Massachusetts - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603

Great Britain History Early Stuarts, 1603-1649

England Church history 16th century

England Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Profogue Part One -- Heritage --1 Lavenham to London 1 -- 2 Reformation 23 -- 3 John and Adam 39 --Part Two -- StruggLe --4 Youth 67 -- 5 Turning Points 89 -- 6 A Godly Magistrate o05 -- 7 The Godly Embattled 125 -- 8 The Decision to Migrate 147 --InterLude -- Christian Chanty 73 Part Three -- Errand --9 Passing Through Hell 187 -- 10 The Best of Them Was But an Attorney 203 -- 11 Relations with England 229 -- 12 On the Fringe 241 -- 13 War 26I -- 14 Struggling to Hold the Center 275 -- 15 New Trials and Disappointments 301 -- 16 War Clouds and Concerns 323 -- 17 Under Attack 349 -- 18 Last Years 371 Epilogue 379.

Sommario/riassunto

Vividly paints the life of John Winthrop as a disappointed and



disaffected member of the English elite, examining how and why Winthrop and others decided to cross the Atlantic and found the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This book shows how Winthrop developed the skills to become the first governor of the colony.