New England Puritans were hard-pressed by Native American warriors who knew how to fight in forests—and now had flintlock ...

They felt their only option was to leave the church and create new, separate churches. Known as "separatists," these Puritans left their homeland and in 1609 moved to Leiden, Holland, where they ...

P. Edgar, at present in the State of Illinois. The action, is brought to test the title of the defendants to the office of Trustees of the Church, and the evidence sought to be obtained by the ...

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T he Puritans were the Protestant religious movement in England throughout the 17 th century that sought to “purify” the Church of England from its Roman Catholic influences. They wanted to ...

1588-89 Some Puritans published anonymous pamphlets called the Marprelate Tracts, complaining about the Church and bishops. The authors were never identified, although John Penry was believed to ...

These New Puritans – AKA brothers Jack and George Barnett – have announced their forthcoming fifth studio album Crooked Wing.

These New Puritans have announced details of Crooked Wing, Jack and George Barnett’s first album since 2019’s Inside The Rose ...

The word Puritan comes from ‘purity’ or ‘purify’. These were extreme Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England by returning to the simple and uncomplicated worship and way of ...

They felt their only option was to leave the church and create new, separate churches. Known as "separatists," these Puritans left their homeland and in 1609 moved to Leiden, Holland, where they ...

The black-clad, steeple-hatted Puritan, walking warily to church with Bible in hand and musket on shoulder, is an enduring image of New England’s formative colonial era. In “The Wars of the ...