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Wicked Puritans Essex County

By Tom Juergens

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2011
ISBN
9781614237914, 9781596295667, 2010052257
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3509765 bytes)
Series
Wicked
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-01 01:53:21
History; Nonfiction; HIS036100

Description

In early seventeenth-century Massachusetts, Essex County was home to growing populations of Puritans. These purportedly straight-laced, God-fearing men and women had ventured to the New World to purify their church from within and used drastic measures, including hangings, to achieve that goal. But the purification—and Puritan doctrine itself—was actually surprisingly unpopular. A number of sinful, impious and deadly individuals broke the Puritan mold in other ways, too. They have long been forgotten—until now. Local historian Tom Juergens shines new light on the Puritan era with a collection of poignant—and sordid—stories that reveal ugly truths behind whippings, brandings, mutilations and state-sponsored executions.

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