Godly Republicanism

by Michael P. Winship

Book Overview

Puritans did not find a life free from tyranny in the New World--they created it there. Massachusetts emerged a republic as they hammered out a vision of popular participation and limited government in church and state, spurred by Plymouth Pilgrims. Godly Republicanism underscores how pathbreaking yet rooted in puritanism's history the project was.

Michael Winship takes us first to England, where he uncovers the roots of the puritans'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674063856
• ISBN13: 9780674063853
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"