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The wars of the Lord : the Puritan conquest of America's first people / Matthew J. Tuininga.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tuininga, Matthew J., author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Puritans--New England--Relations.
Puritans.
Indians, Treatment of--New England--History.
Indians, Treatment of.
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (465 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Summary:
Matthew J. Tuininga tells the epic yet tragic story of the Puritan conquest of New England from the perspective of those who lived it, both colonists and Native Americans. Religion, he argues, was the central driving force of both peaceful efforts to convert Native Americans to Christianity and the brutal slaughter of Native Americans in wartime.
Contents:
Introduction : the first encounter
The pilgrims
The Puritans
The lord has cleared our title
War with the Pequots
Massacre at Mystic
Miantonomi
The conquests and triumphs of Christ
Reparations
Natick
The Pocumtuck War
God, king, and land
Praying towns
The Wampanoags
Who are friends and who are foes?
God does not go forth with our armies
No Indians can be trusted
The Narragansetts
New England in flames
Negotiations
New England's reckoning
Turning point
Algonquian defeat.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 16, 2024).
ISBN:
9780197671795
0197671799
9780197671771
0197671772
OCLC:
1461568995

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