Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World - Being 'Much Afflicted With Conscience'

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.

List of contents

Introduction: The Verins--A Family "Much Afflicted with Conscience"; Chapter 1: "Gone to New England for Conscience Sake": Family History as New England History; Chapter 2: "Piety Tempers Patriarchy": Women of Conscience in the English Atlantic World; Chapter 3: "Forced Worship Stinks in God's Nostrils": Government, Law, and Liberty of Conscience in Puritan New England; Conclusion: Women of Obstinate Faith

About the author

Margaret Murányi Manchester is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Providence College, USA. She teaches courses on US history, American women's history, and diplomatic history. Her current research revisits a spy story involving in Cold War Hungary.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Manchester, Margaret Muranyi Manchester, Margaret Murányi Manchester, Margaret Murßnyi Manchester
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367150785
• ISBN: 978-0-367-15078-5
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Microhistories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Providence, Rhode Island, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, Sociology: family & relationships, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Sociology: family and relationships, C 1600 To C 1700, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches