In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispi...

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1. Verfasser:	Turner, John G. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New Haven Yale University Press [2020]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Glaubensfreiheit Puritaner Plymouth, Mass. Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) Massachusetts / History / New Plymouth, 1620-1691 Puritans / Massachusetts / History / 17th century Plymouth (Mass.) / History / 17th century
Zusammenfassung:	In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated the Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims' definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow. Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty. From dust jacket
Beschreibung:	x, 447 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 24 cm
ISBN:	9780300225501