the Puritans

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• History of the Puritans — The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI ending in a decline in the mid 1700s. Background, to 1559 The English Reformation, begun his reign in the reign of Henry VIII of England, was… …   Wikipedia

• Puritans — • In its original meaning it signified those who strove for a worship purified from all taint of Catholicism . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Puritans     Puritans      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Maypole of Merry Mount — is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It first appeared in Twice Told Tales, a collection of short stories, in 1837. Plot synopsis The people of Merrymount, whom Hawthorne calls the crew of Comus, celebrate the marriage of a youth and a maiden …   Wikipedia

• The Alchemist (play) — The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King s Men, it is generally considered Jonson s best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most… …   Wikipedia

• The Minister's Black Veil — The children fled from his approach , illustration by Elenore Abbott, 1900 The Minister s Black Veil is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1836 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, edited by Samuel… …   Wikipedia

• The Oxford Movement (1833-1845) —     The Oxford Movement (1833 1845)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Oxford Movement (1833 1845)     The Oxford Movement may be looked upon in two distinct lights. The conception which lay at its base, according to the Royal Commission on… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Wordy Shipmates — is a 2008 book by Sarah Vowell that chronicles the 17th and 18th century history of Puritan colonists in Massachusetts, United States. The book delineates a dichotomy between the puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and those who settled… …   Wikipedia

• The Counter-Reformation —     The Counter Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Counter Reformation     The subject will be considered under the following heads:     I. Significance of the term II. Low ebb of Catholic fortunes III. St. Ignatius and the Jesuits,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Jews' Tragedy — is an early Caroline era stage play by William Heminges. [Carol A. Morley, ed., The Plays and Poems of William Heminge , Madison, NJ, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006.] Written in 1626 but apparently never acted in its own era, the… …   Wikipedia

• The Devil's Whore — Oliver Cromwell emprisonnant le roi Charles Ier d Angleterre Titre original The Devil s Whore Translittération La …   Wikipédia en Français

• (the) Globe — the Globe [the Globe] the theatre in London where Shakespeare s most famous plays were first performed. It was built in 1599 by the actor Richard Burbage on the south bank of the ↑Thames. It was a round, open air building with a roof over the… …   Useful english dictionary