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01.40 - Providence Gained
Season 1 · Episode 40

01.40 - Providence Gained

The Puritans were not in the business of religious toleration.

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

May 3, 202036m 16s

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Show Notes

As disagreements over religion and politics build in Massachusetts Bay, exiled groups of people establish new colonies in New England. Puritans back in London launch the settlement of a key strategic island.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:


  • Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
  • Virginia Dejohn Anderson, New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century
  • Richard Middleton, Colonial America
  • Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate

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