Charles I And The Puritan Upheaval

Download or read book Charles I and the Puritan Upheaval written by Allen French and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1955 and based on research of public records and other contemporary sources, this book builds up an excellent picture of England before the Civil War. Through a series of case studies, it examines the type of person who emigrated to New England and their motivation for doing so. The wealth of evidence from original documents is clearly arranged and provides a refreshing reassessment of the period, showing that although religious conviction was a clear motive for emigration, the Puritan were also seeking security from hardships of other kinds.