The Trials of Thomas Morton : An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England / Peter C. Mancall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mancall, Peter C., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--Great Britain--Biography.

Lawyers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where Algonquian peoples and English colonists could coexist. Infamous for dancing around a maypole in defiance of his Pilgrim neighbors, Morton was reviled by the Puritans for selling guns to the Natives. Colonial authorities exiled him three separate times from New England, but Morton kept returning to fight for his beliefs. This compelling counter-narrative to the familiar story of the Puritans combines a rich understanding of the period with a close reading of early texts to bring the contentious Morton to life. This volume sheds new light on the tumultuous formative decades of the American experience.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

A Note on the Text

Prologue

One. Homelands

Two. Partners

Three. Exiles

Four. Cutthroats in Canaan

Five. Acomenticus

Six. Legacies

Timeline

Note on Sources

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Jan 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-300-24899-7

OCLC:

1138484474