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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827256103321

Autore

Bremer Francis J

Titolo

The Puritan experiment : New England society from Bradford to Edwards / / Francis J. Bremer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, : University Press of New England, c1995

ISBN

1-283-94894-X

1-61168-086-7

0-585-24136-8

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

974/.02

Soggetti

Puritans - New England

New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First edition published by St. Martin's Press in 1976."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Chronology; 1 | The Origins and Growth of the Puritan Movement; 2 | Puritanism: Its Essence and Attraction; 3 | Sources aof the Great Migration; 4 | Massachusetts: The Erection of a City on a Hill; 5 | Variations on a Theme: Connecticut, New Haven, Rhode Island, and the Eastern Frontier; 6 | Orthodoxy in New England: The Colony Level; 7 | Orthodoxy in New England: The Community; 8 | New England and Puritan England; 9 | The New England Way in an Age of Religious Ferment; 10 | Changes in Restoration New England

11 | Challenges to the Faith: Pluralism and Declension12 | An Oppressed People: New England's Encounters with Metacom, Governor Andros, and the Witches; 13 | Art and Science in Colonial New England; 14 | Race Relations; 15 | New Directions: Puritanism in the Neglected Decades; 16 | Enlightenment and Evangelicalism; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The comprehensive history of a system of faith that shaped the nation.