Godly Republicanism
Puritans, Pilgrims, and a City on a Hill
Nonfiction, History, British, Modern, Americas, United States
| Author: | Michael P. Winship | ISBN: | 9780674069527 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael P. Winship |
| ISBN: | 9780674069527 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
