Beschreibung:
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.
Introduction: The Verins--A Family "Much Afflicted with Conscience"; Chapter 1: "Gone to New England for Conscience Sake": Family History as New England History; Chapter 2: "Piety Tempers Patriarchy": Women of Conscience in the English Atlantic World; Chapter 3: "Forced Worship Stinks in God's Nostrils": Government, Law, and Liberty of Conscience in Puritan New England; Conclusion: Women of Obstinate Faith