Puritanism in the Old World and in the New: From Its Inception in the Reign of Elizabeth to the Establishment of the Puritan Theocracy in New England;LULU Press, 3. mai 2018 - 434 pages Excerpt from Puritanism in the Old World and in the New: From Its Inception in the Reign of Elizabeth to the Establishment of the Puritan Theocracy in New England; A Historical Handbook One wishes there new a history of English Puritanism, the last of all our heroisms but sees small prospect of such a thing at present. SO wrote Carlyle in the introduction of his 'letters and Speeches of Cromwell. This wish will probably go unfulfilled till the task is taken in hand by some genius like Carlyle himself, but with more genuine religious insight and sympathy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
