Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia, 2 volumes

744 Pages·2005·5.26 MB·English

by  Francis J. Bremer

Puritans and Puritanism
in Europe and America
Board of Advisors
Professor Lynn A. Botelho
Professor of History, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Professor Patrick Collinson
Regius Professor of Modern History Emeritus, University of Cambridge
Professor Jacqueline Eales
Professor of History, Canterbury Christ Church University College, England
Professor Stephen Foster
Professor of History, Northern Illinois University
Professor Michael McGiffert
Editor Emeritus, The William and Mary Quarterly
Professor John Spurr
Professor of History, University of Swansea, United Kingdom
Professor Michael Winship
Professor of History, University of Georgia
Puritans and Puritanism
in Europe and America
A Comprehensive Encyclopedia
Editors
Francis J. Bremer
Tom Webster
Editorial Assistants
Susan Ortmann
W. Matthew Rice
Michael Spurr
Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England
Copyright © 2006 by Francis J. Bremer and Tom Webster
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Tom Webster would like to dedicate this to Ann Milovic´ for so much
support, understanding, and willingness to hear about the puritans.
Frank Bremer would like to dedicate this to his grandchildren—
Adam, Keegan, Kristen, Luca, Lucy, Mac, Molly, Ryan, Taylor, and
a player to be named later—who could care less about the puritans
at this time, but nevertheless are very precious to him.

Contents
List of Contributors ix
Introduction xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Entries xix
Chronology xxvii
Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America
Biographies 1
Ideas, Events, and Issues 293
Glossary 587
Primary Sources 595
Bibliography 655
Index 669
About the Editors 697
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Contributors
Contributors Theodore Dwight Bozeman Patrick Collinson
Professor
Simon Adams University of Iowa David R. Como
Reader in History Iowa City, IA Assistant Professor of History
University of Strathclyde Stanford University
Glasgow Stephen Brachlow Stanford, CA
United Kingdom Professor of Spirituality
Baptist Theological Seminary at James F. Cooper, Jr.
David J. Appleby Richmond Professor
Keele University Richmond, VA Oklahoma State University
Staffordshire Stillwater, OK
United Kingdom Sargent Bush
University of Wisconsin, Will Coster
Margaret Aston Madison Department of History
Independent Scholar Madison, WI De Montford University
United Kingdom Bedford
Andrew Cambers United Kingdom
Jeremy D. Bangs Oxford Brookes University
Director Oxford John Craig
Leiden American Pilgrim United Kingdom Professor, Department of
Museum History
Leiden Aaron F. Christensen Simon Fraser University
Netherlands Oklahoma State University Burnaby, British Columbia
Stillwater, OK Canada
L. A. Botelho
Professor John Coffey Bryan Crockett
Indiana University of Reader in Early Modern History Associate Professor, Department
Pennsylvania University of Leicester of English
Indiana, PA Leicester Loyola College in Maryland
United Kingdom Baltimore, MD
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