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A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England

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 | #558512 in Books |  2011-04-26 |  2011-04-26 | Format: Deckle Edge | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.55 x1.10 x6.60l,1.18 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Politics and Government in Puritan New England|By Frank Bellizzi|This is a different sort of book about the Puritans. Instead of focusing on theology and religion, it looks at politics and government. It's also different in another regard: instead of asserting that Puritan government was authoritarian and anti-democratic, historian David D. Hall argues that so much of the Purit|From Publishers Weekly|In the popular imagination, the New England Puritans are often portrayed as dour and authoritarian individuals out to quash social liberties and enforce conformity to particular religious principles. Hall's captivating study of American Pu

A revelatory account of the aspirations and accomplishments of the people who founded the New England colonies, comparing the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution.

Distinguished historian David D. Hall looks afresh at how the colonists set up churches, civil governments, and methods for distributing land. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority grounded in either church or state...

You easily download any file type for your device.A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England   |  David D. Hall. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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