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Autore |
Bremer Francis J |
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Titolo |
The Puritan experiment : New England society from Bradford to Edwards / / Francis J. Bremer |
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Hanover, : University Press of New England, c1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-94894-X |
1-61168-086-7 |
0-585-24136-8 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Puritans - New England |
New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First edition published by St. Martin's Press in 1976." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-247) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The comprehensive history of a system of faith that shaped the nation. |
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