Religion and Governance in England’s Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698
Religion and Governance in England’s Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698

Author: Haig Z. Smith

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2021-11-03

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9783030701307

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This open access book explores the role of religion in England's overseas companies and the formation of English governmental identity abroad in the seventeenth century. Drawing on research into the Virginia, East India, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New England and Levant Companies, it offers a comparative global assessment of the inextricable links between the formation of English overseas government and various models of religious governance across England's emerging colonial empire. While these approaches to governance varied from company to company, each sought to regulate the behaviour of their personnel, as well as the numerous communities and faiths which fell within their jurisdiction. This book provides a crucial reassessment of the seventeenth-century foundations of British imperial governance.

Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Author: George Francis Dow

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-09

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0486157857

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Comprehensive, reliable account of 17th-century life in one of the country's earliest settlements. Contemporary records, over 100 historically valuable pictures vividly describe early dwellings, furnishings, medicinal aids, wardrobes, trade, crimes, more.