Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America

by Michael P. Winship

Publisher:

Yale University Press

, 2018

Overview

Begun in the mid-sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England’s church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that transformed the early modern world. Providing a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective, this groundbreaking volume traces puritanism’s tumultuous history from its initial attempts to reshape the Church of England to its establishment of godly republics in both England and America and its demise at the end of the seventeenth century.

Shedding new light on puritans whose impact was far-reaching as well as on those who left only limited traces behind them, Michael Winship delineates puritanism’s triumphs and tribulations and shows how the puritan project of creating reformed churches working closely with intolerant godly governments evolved and broke down over time in response to changing geographical, political, and religious exigencies.

Key Features

• Explains the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes.
• Provides a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective.
• Traces puritanism’s tumultuous history from its initial attempts.

Praise for Hot Protestants

Exhilarating popular history... convincingly captures in one bold retelling decades of scholarship on Puritanism’s origins, developments and characteristics.

—Johanna Harris, Times Literary Supplement

The rise and fall of transatlantic puritanism is told through political, theological, and personal conflict in this exceptional history.... With a clear narrative tied together with helpful clarifications, Winship’s cogent work nicely lays out the history of how puritans emerged from Protestantism.

—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Hold on to your hats. Michael Winship has written one of the finest and most challenging studies of early modern Puritanism—and this in a field replete with gifted scholars.

—Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald

Product Details

• Title: Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America
• Author: Michael P. Winship
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 351
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Puritans › History; Puritans › England--History; Puritans › United States--History
• Resource ID: LLS:HTPRTSTNTSNGMRC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-15T22:32:11Z

About Michael P. Winship

Michael P. Winship is E. Merton Coulter Professor in the Department of History at the University of Georgia.