In the late 16th century, Puritanism, a religious reform movement, emerged within the Church of England. The Puritans were members of the said movement. They thought that practices and ceremonies not found in the Bible should be removed as they saw the Church of England as too close to the...
Laud encouraged priests to wear ceremonial garb and incorporate more music, while Charles tried to force the nobility to give their lands to the church. Laud also introduced a new Book of Common Prayer. At first, the most prominent opponents of these actions were the Puritans, who believed ...
Early Puritans really did sentence adulterers to bear their shame with sewn letters on their clothing (they also used whipping, which was at least as bad). Wikimedia Commons 31. A Surviving Song As of writing, one of the last lovers of Egypt’s last king, Farouk I, is still alive and...
The first successful English settlement was at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, followed in 1620 by the Pilgrims' landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, then the arrival of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, started by the Puritans. In 1609 the Dutch settled New York and in 1617, they settled in New...
41. A Church in the Wilderness Back in the 17th century, Massachusetts was a colony with a large population of Puritans who wanted to establish a place to train new clergy for the new world. Therefore, the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony voted to get a college bui...
shilling fine. As well as disliking the boisterous behavior that resulted from Christmas celebrations, the Puritans were also against the holiday because of its non-Christian roots—Roman Catholics had essentially hijacked the pagan winter festivities ofSaturnalia—and its lack of evidence in the Bible...
Did you know that the Puritans and the Pilgrims first tried to make a new home in the Netherlands? It wasn't easy - they had to learn an entirely new language and way of living but after 12 years of giving it a go, they decided that they would sail to America where they could wors...
She characteristically remarked that she preferred loyal Catholics to Puritans; this may have confused some of her subjects since she was a Protestant queen, and the Puritans were simply Protestant extremists. However, Elizabeth recognized that, by the end of her reign, most of her Catholic ...
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What were the New England colonies known for? The New England colonies were established by the Puritans for religious freedom. Established in the 17th century, the New England colonies were some of the first colonies in North America and were a haven for Puritans seeking religious freedom. What...