Many students of our national character would agree that, for better or worse, the Puritan tradition had an enormous effect on the assumptions and aspirations of today's Americans. This book tells the story, largely through the participants' own words, of the emergence of that tradition. It provides a broad range of primary documents--religious, political, social, legal, familial, and economic--for an understanding of Puritanism in early New England. Originally published in 1972, it is reissued here with a new introduction and two new documents: extracts from Anne Hutchinson's trial and from John Winthrop's "Experiencia".
- ISBN10 0874518520
- ISBN13 9780874518528
- Publish Date 1 October 1997
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of New England
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English