On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 31 בינו׳ 2008 - 288 עמודים Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his refusal to conform to Puritan religious and social standards, Roger Williams established a haven in Rhode Island for those persecuted in the name of the religious establishment. He conducted a lifelong debate over religious freedom with distinguished figures of the seventeenth century, including Puritan minister John Cotton, Massachusetts governor John Endicott, and the English Parliament. |
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... reform in the Church of England . Many of those who clamored for more ag- gressive doctrinal and liturgical reform were pejoratively labeled " Puritans , " and although Elizabeth managed to keep the peace , the Puritans ' struggle for ...
... reform . As the antagonism between king and Puritans became more acute , James moved to squelch the dissent . Persecution of the Puritans was made official in the final years of James's reign , and after Charles I suc- ceeded his father ...
... reform under Elizabeth and James now thought seriously about relocating . With England active in the explora- tion of the new world , some Puritan leaders were considering emigration to America , with the hope of establishing a ...
... reform at home . In July 1629 , several of these Puritan leaders gathered in Lincolnshire to discuss such a venture , and Williams at- tended the meeting . The next year a band of Puritans left England under the charter of the ...
... reform , but blanket use of the term " Puritan " by modern students of the period risks obscuring the deep differences between these groups . In the seventeenth century , too , the term " Puritan " was sometimes used indiscriminately ...
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