Anglicans, Dissenters and Radical Change in Early New England, 1686-1786

This book considers three defining movements driven from London and within the region that describe the experience of the Church of England in New England between 1686 and 1786. Discussed first is the crown’s establishment of an imperial policy and administration in 1684 of the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s 1629 charter in 1684 and the creation of the province as a royal jurisdiction with a royal governor. Subsequently an Anglican minister was appointed to serve the first Anglican congregation founded in the region. Nearly half-a-century later the second event occurred on the occasion of the Yale College commencement in 1722 that shaped the church’s experience for more than a century. It was an event that transformed the religious circumstances of New England and fuelled new attention and interest in London for the national church in early America. Four of the Yale ‘apostates’ sailed for England and ordination as Anglican ministers. The third movement was driven by the political leadership, controversial ideas and forces in London and Boston during the run-up to and in the course of the War for Independence, the church was a witness to and a victim of radical revolutionary imperial events. The book would appeal to undergraduate and graduate student readers of English History, British Imperial History, Early American History and Religious History.

• ISBN: 978-3-319-55629-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 30/08/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés