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- Puritanism, a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that sought to “purify” the Church of England of remnants of the Roman Catholic “popery” that the Puritans claimed had been retained after the religious settlement reached early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Puritans became noted in the 17th century for a spirit of moral and religious earnestness that informed their whole way of life, and they sought through church reform to make their lifestyle the pattern for the...
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Nov 28, 2008 · Summary. Puritanism was an intrinsically bookish movement. Just as the spread of Protestantism through Europe in the early sixteenth century was greatly facilitated by, if not dependent upon, the resources of the printing press, so the penetration by Puritanism of the nation's religious, political and cultural life was achieved primarily ...
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May 31, 2024 · What is meant by the Puritan literary tradition, and when did the idea of Puritan literature, as distinct from Puritan beliefs and practices, come into being? The answer is not straightforward. There were several approaches in the period from the early eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.
Nov 8, 2023 · Puritan literature, emerging in the 17th century as a product of the religious, social, and historical context of the Puritan colonists in America, holds a unique and enduring place in American literary history.
The purpose of this Very Short Introduction is to present the puritans as they were, to provide a clear explanation of what they believed, how they worshipped, how they lived their everyday lives and interacted with their fellow believers and the broader world, and why the movement as such came to an end.
Definition. Puritanism is a religious reform movement that arose in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, primarily within the Church of England, advocating for a more rigorous and purified form of worship and church governance.
‘The puritan legacy’ examines the influence of the puritan movement in England and America. The most significant contributions to the puritan legacy in the decades after the Restoration are found in literature.
Attempts to define early-modern English ‘puritanism’ and to agree on a common usage for the noun and adjective ‘puritan’ have been going on for well over 400 years. Contemporaries set about the task almost as soon as the religious phenomenon...
