"HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)" . . "HISTORY United States State & Local Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)" . "Neuengland." . . "Local government New England History 17th century." . . "HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)" . . "HISTORY United States State & Local New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)" . "Puritanismus." . . "Puritanisme." . . "Reforming People Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England"@en . . . . . . . . "A reforming people Puritanism and the transformation of public life in New England" . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . "A reforming people : Puritanism and the transformation of public life in New England" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . "A Reforming People : Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England" . . . . "In this revelatory account of the people who founded the New England colonies, historian David D. Hall compares the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority, these settlers based their churches on the participation of laypeople and insisted on \"consent\" as a premise of all civil governance. Puritans also transformed civil and criminal law and the workings of courts with the intention of establishing equity. In this political and social history of the five New Engl."@en . . . "A Reforming People : Puritanism and the transformation of public life in New England"@en . "Church history"@en . "Church history" . "This work is an account of the aspirations and accomplishments of the people who founded the New England colonies, comparing the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution. The author, a historian looks afresh at how the colonists set up churches, civil governments, and methods for distributing land. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority grounded in either church or state, these settlers based their churches on the participation of laypeople and insisted on consent as a premise of all civil governance. Encouraging broad participation and relying on the vigorous use of petitioning, they also transformed civil and criminal law and the workings of courts. The outcome was a civil society far less authoritarian and hierarchical than was customary in their age, indeed, a society so advanced that a few dared to describe it as \"democratical.\" They were well ahead of their time in doing so. As Puritans, the colonists also hoped to exemplify a social ethics of equity, peace, and the common good. In a case study of a single town, the author follows a minister as he encourages the townspeople to live up to these high standards in their politics. This is a book that challenges us to discard long standing stereotypes of the Puritans as temperamentally authoritarian and their leadership as despotic. The author demonstrates exactly the opposite. Here, we watch the colonists as they insist on aligning institutions and social practice with equity and liberty. This re-evaluation of the earliest moments of New England's history, reveals the colonists to be the most effective and daring reformers of their day." . . . . "Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis)" . . "To 1775" . . "Geschichte 1600-1775." . . "Kerk en staat." . . "New England (Verenigde Staten)" . . "Religion and politics History 17th century New England." . . "New England" . . "New England." . "Local government History 17th century New England." . . "Religion and politics New England History." . . "Politieke ontwikkeling." . . "Puritans New England History 17th century." . . . . "Religion and politics New England History 17th century." . . "Religion et politique États-Unis Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis) 17e siècle." . . "Puritains États-Unis Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis) 17e siècle." . . "New England Politics and government To 1775." . . "Local government New England History." . . "New England Church history 17th century." . . "HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General" . . "HISTORY United States State & Local General." . "HISTORY United States Colonial Period (1600-1775)" . . "New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775." . . "Puritans History 17th century New England." . . "Puritans New England History." . .