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Female piety in Puritan New England.
- 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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