Francis J. Bremer's Puritanism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2009, is a concise standard introduction by a leading authority on the Puritans, tracing the shaping and triumph of the Puritan world including the 1630 Winthrop fleet's founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the 1648 Cambridge Platform that set out its congregational church polity.
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University press introduction by a leading authority on Puritanism, Professor of History at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and author of the award-winning John Winthrop biography. NotesUsed for the 1630 founding of Massachusetts Bay and the 1648 Cambridge Platform.
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AuthorFrancis J. Bremer
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year2009
Source TypeBook (scholarly)
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