Puritan
101Old Burial Hill (Marblehead, Massachusetts) — Puritan ministers graves on Old Burial Hill Old Burial Hill is an historic cemetery in Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is located on the high ground between Marblehead s colonial era residential and retail district, called Downtown by longtime… …
102OWEN, JOHN — Puritan divine, born in Oxfordshire, educated at Oxford; driven from the Church, became first a Presbyterian then an Independent; Cromwell made him chaplain for a sermon he preached the day after Charles I. s execution, and he was presented in …
103Tête ronde — Puritan Roundhead par John Pettie « Tête ronde » était le surnom donné aux puritains partisans du Parlement de l Angleterre pendant la Première révolution anglaise. Les Têtes rondes étaient dirigés par Oliver Cromwell. Leurs ennemis,… …
104PYM, JOHN — Puritan statesman, born in Somersetshire, educated at Oxford; bred to law, entered Parliament in 1621, opposed the arbitrary measures of the king, took a prominent part in the impeachment of Buckingham; at the opening of the Long Parliament… …
105History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …
106Protestantism — /prot euh steuhn tiz euhm/, n. 1. the religion of Protestants. 2. the Protestant churches collectively. 3. adherence to Protestant principles. [1640 50; PROTESTANT + ISM] * * * One of the three major branches of Christianity, originating in the… …
107Anne Hutchinson — (July 20, 1591 – August 20, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan minister of a dissident church discussion group and a pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Netherlands. Her brilliant mind and kindness won admiration and a… …
108Cotton Mather — This article is about the 17th century Puritan minister. For the rock band, see Cotton Mather (band). Cotton Mather Cotton Mather, circa 1700 Born February 12, 1663(1663 02 12) …
109Pequot War — The Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1636 1637 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with Native American allies (the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes), against the Pequot tribe. This war saw the elimination of the… …
110Sacvan Bercovitch — (born 4 October 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian Americanist, literary and cultural critic and academic.Education and academic careerSacvan Bercovitch is an influential and controversial Americanist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, on October 4 …
