Francis J. Bremer is emeritus professor of history at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. A leading authority on Puritanism, he is the author of numerous books, including First Founders: American Puritans and Puritanism in an Atlantic World and the award-winning biography John Winthrop: America’s Forgotten Founding Father.
This revised and updated edition of an out-of-print classic once again makes the broad background of Puritanism accessible to students and general readers....