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Early New England : a covenanted society

"The idea of covenant was at the heart of early New England society. In this singular book David Weir explores the origins and development of covenant thought in America by analyzing the town and church documents written and signed by seventeenth century New Englanders." "Unmatched in the breadth of its scope, this study takes into account all of the surviving covenants in all of the New England colonies. Weir's comprehensive survey of seventeenth century covenants leads to a more complex picture of early New England than what emerges from looking at only a few famous civil covenants like the Mayflower Compact." "David A. Weir is professor of history at Nyack College, Nyack, New York."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2005
W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., ©2005
Church history
xviii, 460 pages ; 23 cm.
9780802813527, 0802813526
55124602
The European background
The colonial charters of early New England
The civil covenants of early New England
The church covenants of early New England I: the standing order
The church covenants of early New England II: the dissenters
The covenantal confessions of early New England: the seeds of diversity
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