Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America

"The rise and fall of transatlantic puritanism is told through political, theological, and personal conflict in this exceptional history." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

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 groundbrea...