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The passion of Anne Hutchinson : an extraordinary woman, the Puritan patriarchs, and the world they made and lost / Marilyn J. Westerkamp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westerkamp, Marilyn J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of religion--Massachusetts--History--17th century.
- Freedom of religion.
- Women--Massachusetts--Biography.
- Women.
- Social reformers--Massachusetts--Biography.
- Social reformers.
- Puritans--Massachusetts--Biography.
- Puritans.
- Massachusetts--Biography.
- Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Hutchinson, Anne, 1591-1643.
- Hutchinson, Anne.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 312 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Anne Hutchinson remains an iconic figure in early American history and women's history. More than a hundred years of scholarship on Puritans and New England colonization have positioned the controversy surrounding her as a critical moment during the first decade of Massachusetts's settlement, although the importance of Hutchinson herself (rather than her male opponents and supporters) and the actual nature of her challenge have been matters of intense debate. While most articles and books emphasize the theological and political battles among men, women's historians have turned to Hutchinson, but as emblematic of the status and limitations surrounding women. This project approaches Hutchinson from a position informed by intellectual and women's history, pushing into the intricate, competing, but sometimes complementary cultural systems of Puritan spirituality and gender ideology.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Anne Hutchinson and the Controversy
- The Puritan Experiment: Errors and Trials
- Helpmeets, Mothers, and Midwives among the Patriarchs
- Sectarian Mysticism and Spiritual Power
- Prophesying Women and the Gifts of the Spirit
- Gracious Disciples and Frightened Magistrates
- A Froward Woman Beloved of God.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-750692-5
- 0-19-750693-3
- 0-19-750691-7
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