Very helpful in my family history writing of my early New England lines. Very well written and sucinct.
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This 'Very Short Introduction' provides a nice and helpful overview of the politico-religous context in which puritanism developed, grew, and died (though the author also touches on the continuing contributions to American culture that it exercises from beyond the grave: such things as an emphasis on individual responsibility, a focus on education, and a commitment to self-governance). The book also provides a basic outline...
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When one thinks of Puritans and Puritanism (in the US this usually happens around the time of Thanksgiving) one usually thinks of men and women in staid black vestments who are dour in demeanor and extremely strict and bleak in their morals. However, this caricature has more to do with the way that Puritanism was used in the twentieth century as a byword for all sorts of strict moral and religious attitudes than with the real...
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