The Times and Trials of Anne Hutchinson: Puritans Divided

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0700613803 ISBN13: 9780700613809 Release Date: May 2005 Publisher: University Press of Kansas Length: 180 Pages Weight: 0.45 lbs. Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7" Anne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist. Michael Winship, author of the highly acclaimed Making Heretics, provides a startlingly new and fresh account of her oft-told tale, disentangling what really happened from the legends that have misrepresented her for so long. During the 1630s, religious controversies drove a wedge into the puritan communities of Massachusetts. Anne Hutchinson and other members began to speak out against mainstream doctrine, while ministers like John Cotton argued for personal discovery of salvation. The puritan fathers viewed these activities as a direct and dangerous threat to the status quo and engaged in