Puritanism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...and a persecution of the Puritans, particularly by Archbishop...Laud , that brought about Puritan migration to Europe and...Platform (1648) expressed the Puritan position on matters of church...and discipline. To the Puritans, a person by nature was...After the 17th cent. the Puritans as a political entity largely disappeared, but Puritan attitudes and ethics continued...include Thomas Hooker , John Cotton , Roger Williams , Increase...