| Godly Republicanism: Puritans, Pilgrims, and a City on a Hill Subjects: Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century; Massachusetts -- Church history -- 17th century; Puritans -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century; Protestantism -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century; Republicanism -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th c; Puritans did not find a life free from tyranny in the New World--they created it there. Massachusetts emerged a republic as they hammered out a vision of popular participation and limited government in church and state, spurred by Plymouth Pilgrims. Godly Republicanism underscores how pathbreaking yet rooted in puritanism's history the project was. Winship Michael P. : Michael P. Winship is E. Merton Coulter Professor of History at the University of Georgia. |