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Puritan family and community in the English Atlantic world : being "much afflicted with conscience"
Title
Puritan family and community in the English Atlantic world : being "much afflicted with conscience" / Margaret Murányi Manchester.
ISBN
9780367150785
0367150786
9780429054860
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
xii, 157 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World examines the dynamics of marriage, family, and community life during the 'Great Migration' through the microhistorical study of one Puritan family in 1638 Rhode Island. Connecting migration studies, family and community studies, religious studies, and political philosophy, Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World will be of great interest to scholars of the English Atlantic World, American religious history, gender and violence, the history of New England, and the history of family"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Manchester, Margaret Muranyi, 1954- author. Puritan family and community in the English Atlantic world Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 04, 2019
Series
Microhistories
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Verins
a family "much afflicted with conscience"
"Gone to New England for conscience sake" : family history as New England history
"Piety tempers patriarchy" : women of conscience in the English Atlantic world
"Forced worship stinks in God's nostrils" : government, law, and liberty of conscience in Puritan New England
Conclusion: Women of obstinate faith.
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