03125nam 2200709 a 450 991078327350332120200520144314.00-19-771410-20-19-983962-X1-280-48196-X0-19-803401-61-60256-900-2(CKB)1000000000029072(EBL)279640(OCoLC)57124964(SSID)ssj0000186033(PQKBManifestationID)11171789(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186033(PQKBWorkID)10216171(PQKB)11049929(Au-PeEL)EBL279640(CaPaEBR)ebr10085217(CaONFJC)MIL48196(PPN)194689727(MiAaPQ)EBC279640(EXLCZ)99100000000002907220021007d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJohn Winthrop[electronic resource] America's forgotten founding father /Francis J. BremerNew York Oxford University Pressc20031 online resource (513 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517981-1 0-19-514913-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.GovernorsMassachusettsBiographyPuritansMassachusettsBiographyPuritansMassachusettsHistory17th centuryMassachusettsHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Great BritainHistoryTudors, 1485-1603Great BritainHistoryEarly Stuarts, 1603-1649EnglandChurch history16th centuryEnglandChurch history17th centuryGovernorsPuritansPuritansHistory974.4/02/092BBremer Francis J1496847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783273503321John Winthrop3721748UNINA