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Female piety in Puritan New England.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Porterfield, Amanda, 1947- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Puritans--New England.
Puritans.
Christian women--Religious life--New England--History.
Christian women.
Christianity and religious humanism--History.
Christianity and religious humanism.
New England--Church history.
New England.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 207 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals and established the standards against which the moral character of real women was measured.
Contents:
Contents; Introduction: Overview and Method; 1. Eros, Conscience, and the Making of Puritan Society; 2. Female Piety in the Lives of Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, and John Cotton; 3. Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, and the Importance of Women in Puritan Culture; 4.The Rise and Fall of Female Piety as a Symbol of New England; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-773912-1
1-280-52557-6
0-19-536177-6
OCLC:
191924724

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