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The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church, during the Reformation. The group is also extended to include some early colonial American ministers and important lay-leaders.
Puritan authorities shut down English theatres in the 1640s and 1650s—Shakespeare's Globe Theatre was demolished—and none were allowed to open in Puritan-controlled colonies. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] In January 1643, actors in London protested against the ban with a pamphlet titled The Actors remonstrance or complaint for the silencing of their ...
Virtue names, also known as grace names, are used as personal names in a number of cultures. They express virtues that the parents wish their child to embody or be associated with. In the English-speaking world, beginning in the 16th century, the Puritans commonly expressed their values through creative names, many in the form of virtue names ...
Of the passengers, 37 were members of a separatist Puritan congregation in Leiden, The Netherlands (also known as Brownists), who were seeking to establish a colony in the New World [1] where they could practice their religion without interference from the English government or church. [2]
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.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Puritan. John Harvard (1607–1638) Joseph Alleine (1634–1668) John ...
Name Residence Description Date of execution Place of execution g References Protestants executed under Henry VIII 1. Thomas Hitton: Martham, Norfolk clergyman – priest burnt 23 February 1530 Maidstone, Kent [10] 2. Thomas Benet: Exeter, Devon teacher burnt 15 January 1531 Exeter, Devon [11] 3. Thomas Bilney: Taken at Norwich, Norfolk ...
John Milton (1608–1674), most famous for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" (1667), was an English poet with religious beliefs emphasizing central Puritanical views.While the work acted as an expression of his despair over the failure of the Puritan Revolution against the English Catholic Church, it also indicated his optimism in human potential.