Description |
1 online resource (xii, 157 pages) |
Series |
Microhistories |
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Microhistories.
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Contents |
Introduction: The Verins : a family "much afflicted with conscience" -- "Gone to New England for conscience sake" : family history as New England history -- "Piety tempers patriarchy" : women of conscience in the English Atlantic world -- "Forced worship stinks in God's nostrils" : government, law, and liberty of conscience in Puritan New England -- Conclusion : Women of obstinate faith |
Summary |
"Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World examines the dynamics of marriage, family, and community life during the 'Great Migration' through the microhistorical study of one Puritan family in 1638 Rhode Island. Connecting migration studies, family and community studies, religious studies, and political philosophy, Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World will be of great interest to scholars of the English Atlantic World, American religious history, gender and violence, the history of New England, and the history of family"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Margaret Murâanyi Manchester is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Providence College, USA. She teaches courses on US history, American women's history, and diplomatic history. Her current research revisits a spy story involving in Cold War Hungary |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2019) |
Subject |
Verin family
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Puritans -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History -- 17th century
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Puritan women -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- Social conditions -- 17th century
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Family violence -- Law and legislation -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History -- 17th century
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Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History -- 17th century
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Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Puritans
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Freedom of religion -- Rhode Island -- Providence -- History -- 17th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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HISTORY -- General.
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Family violence -- Law and legislation.
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Freedom of religion.
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Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Puritans.
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SUBJECT |
Providence (R.I.) -- History -- 17th century
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New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091268
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New England.
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Rhode Island -- Providence.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2019014570 |
ISBN |
9780429054860 |
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0429054866 |
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9780429619908 |
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0429619901 |
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9780429622052 |
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0429622058 |
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9780429617751 |
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0429617755 |
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