A record of Gods Marcys, or a thankfull remembrance -- A memoriall of Gods judgments upon Sabbath breakers, drunkerds and other vile -- Livers -- A bundel of Marcys -- The groth of a Christian -- A record of Marcys continued or yet God is good to Israel -- Profitable and comfort…
"This rhetorical study of the persuasive practice of English Puritan preachers and writers demonstrates how they appeal to both reason and imagination in order to persuade their hearers and readers towards conversion, assurance of salvation and godly living. Examining works from…
"In this provocative and thought-provoking volume, Christopher Leise sheds new light on modern American novelists who question not only the assumption that Puritans founded New England ... and, by extension, American identity ... but also whether Puritanism ever existed in the U…
"In this provocative and thought-provoking volume, Christopher Leise sheds new light on modern American novelists who question not only the assumption that Puritans founded New England--and, by extension, American identity--but also whether Puritanism ever existed in the United …
This study explores the intersection of politics, religious thought, and religious culture in prerevolutionary England, using hitherto unknown or overlooked manuscript and printed material to reconstruct and contextualize a forgotten but highly significant antinomian religious s…
This study explores the intersection of politics, religious thought, and religious culture in prerevolutionary England, using hitherto unknown or overlooked manuscript and printed material to reconstruct and contextualize a forgotten but highly significant antinomian religious s…
In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in that intersection the basis for understanding why women were a…
In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in that intersection the basis for understanding why women were a…
"In 1598, the English clergyman John Darrell was brought before the High Commission at Lambeth Palace to face charges of fraud and counterfeiting. The ecclesiastical authorities alleged that he had "taught 4. to counterfeite" demonic possession over a ten-year period, fashioning…
Remembering the English Civil Wars / Lloyd Bowen and Mark Stoyle -- Civilian Memories of the British Civil Wars, 1642-1660 / Imogen Peck -- 'When the Scotts Army did March Thorow our County': Space, Place and Remembering in the English Civil War / Ann Hughes -- History, Politics…