description: Peter Smith reprint (1965) of Harvard University Press, 1933. Former library book. Clothbund book fair+. No dust jacket. Orange cloth boards fair with faint signs of water damage to front lower left near spine, back with white mark near left edge; spine beginning to wear through near bottom of hinge; sewn binding sound; pages very good, unmarked. 313 pages text, 4 pages Bibliography, 4 pages Index; 8.25 X 5.5 X 1; 1 lb. 9 oz. shipping weight. The historiography of New England and Puritanism suffered from the dominant scholarship of James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) and the satirical writings of H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) whose critiques of the 17th century Puritans was largely influenced by their post-Enlightenment, 20th century scientism. These writers and a whole generation of scholars refused to attempt to understand the Puritans within their 17th century context, much less the foregoing 125 years of the Reformation. Author Miller attempts to redress this prejudicial historiography. Professor Miller (1905-1963) was a fine writer.
language: English
title: Orthodoxy in Massachusetts 1630-1650
publisher: Peter Smith Publisher Inc