In both England and America, their political experiments collapsed. But they left behind a spiritual legacy that still inspires. A new book by Michael Winship explores how the Puritans—those ...

Government submitting to the coercion of weaponized religion in the colony was as disastrous as faith submitting to government coercion in England. Puritanism shattered into multiple feuding sects ...

A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England David D. Hall, Knopf, $29.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-679-44117-5 ...

David D. Hall, A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England, Knopf Publishers, 2011. Hall compares the New England colonies with England during the English ...

GCSE; WJEC; Puritanism in the Elizabethan age - WJEC Background – Puritanism. The Religious Settlement of 1559 brought stability to Wales and England. However, some extreme Protestants called ...

Puritanism reflected the unhappiness of English Protestants in the Elizabethan age who saw the Church of England as insufficiently Protestant. They wanted a purified church where each Christian ...

Puritanism enjoyed a revival in the 20 th century, particularly in the wake of the writings of historian Perry Miller (1905-1963), author of "The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century" (1954 ...

A new book recreates the story behind one of England's greatest love affairs — the 17-year relationship between Charles II and Nell Gwyn. Charles Beauclerk is a direct descendant of the pair ...

While the example of the Salem witch trials - when a New England Puritan community executed twenty people charged with witchcraft, including fourteen women, in 1693 - shows one group of Puritans ...

Now, Conley is out with his first ever novel, “All the World Beside,” a love story between two men in Puritan New England. Conley joined GBH News to talk about his new book, which was released on ...