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Bezig met laden... They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Libertydoor John G. Turner
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Little Compton, RI Turner argues that Plymouth is often dismissed as a backwater compared to Boston/the Massachusetts colony, but that its struggles over (suppressing) religious freedom and governance are relevant to the larger story of British colonization. Although he tries to give consideration to the experience of Native Americans, women, and enslaved people, it’s relatively hard given who left the records. Given the history of colonists fighting over things like the difference between sprinkling an infant with water during baptism and fully immersing the infant in cold Massachusetts water, I have to wonder what distinctions we make that might look ridiculous in four hundred years. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
An ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing 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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)974.402History and Geography North America Northeastern U.S. MassachusettsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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