Tenacious of Their Liberties
Author | : James Fenimore Cooper |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0195152875 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780195152876 |
Rating | : 4/5 (876 Downloads) |
Download or read book Tenacious of Their Liberties written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study approaches the Puritan experience from the perspective of the pew rather than the pulpit. For the past decade, Cooper has immersed himself in local Massachusetts manuscript church records. From these previously untapped documents, he brings forth forgotten events and personages in a book that both challenges exisiting models of church hierarchy and offers a new understanding of the origins of New England democracy.