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First founders : American Puritans and Puritanism in an Atlantic world / Francis J. Bremer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bremer, Francis J.
- Series:
- New England in the world.
- New England in the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puritans--New England--Clergy--History--17th century.
- Puritans.
- Puritans--New England.
- New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- New England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An introduction to the diverse lives of the Puritan founders by a leading expert
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- John Winthrop and the struggle to lead a godly life
- John Endecott : godly magistrate
- John Wilson : Puritan pastor
- Thomas Dudley and Thomas Shepard : hammers of heretics
- Dissenting women : Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Lady Deborah Moody, and Anne Eaton
- The troubled Keaynes
- Stephen Winthrop : soldier of the Lord
- Hugh Peter : regicide
- John Davenport and the Middle Advent
- Samuel Winthrop : from Puritan to Quaker
- John Sassamon : a Puritan between two cultures
- John Leverett : defending the ways of the fathers
- Anne Bradstreet : Puritan wife and mother
- Samuel Sewall : the conscience of a Puritan
- Conclusion : civil society and the godly kingdom.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49114-0
- 9786613586377
- 1-61168-258-4
- OCLC:
- 817787624
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