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The Puritans; Directed by: Sean Robinson: Written by: Sean Robinson: Produced by: Paul Warner, Martina Rojas Chaigneau: Starring: Tyler Elliot Burke Eileen Kearney Nikki Dillon Elyssa Jakim Greg Seel Louisa Ward Peter Trojgaard: Cinematography: Esteban Robles: Edited by: Sean Robinson: Music by: Bruno Axel: Distributed by: SnagFilms IndieFlix
In the early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England.Puritans were intensely devout members of the Church of England who believed that the Church of England was insufficiently reformed, retaining too much of its Roman Catholic doctrinal roots, and who therefore opposed royal ecclesiastical policy.
In the 17th century, the word Puritan was a term applied not to just one group but to many. Historians still debate a precise definition of Puritanism. [6] Originally, Puritan was a pejorative term characterizing certain Protestant groups as extremist. Thomas Fuller, in his Church History, dates the first use of the word to 1564.
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The Puritan culture of the New England colonies of the seventeenth century was influenced by Calvinist theology, which believed in a "just, almighty God," [1] and a lifestyle of pious, consecrated actions. The Puritans participated in their own forms of recreational activity, including visual arts, literature, and music.
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New England colonists living in Puritan-established settlements in the seventeenth century dealt with many of the same realities. Colonial settlements in New England saw a rapid expansion from roughly 1620 onward. The common assumption that Puritan society was homogeneous holds some truth, excepting matters of wealth.
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