Magnalia Christi Americana or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of Our Lord, 1698. by the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather, D.D. F.R.S. and Pastor of the North Church in Boston, New England.

May 5, 2015 · Magnalia Christi Americana consists of seven books and a general introduction. The latter imitates the opening of Vergil’s epic Aeneid (c. 29-19 b.c.e.; English translation, 1553), which...

Cotton Mather. Cotton Mather A.B. 1678 (Harvard College), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. Cotton Mather was the son of influential minister Increase Mather. He is often remembered for his connection to the Salem ...

The year 2002 marks the tercentenary of Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana, a civil and religious history of seventeenth-century Puritan New England. Cotton Mather's name is generally recognized by a broad section of Americans usually in connection with the Salem witchcraft trials. The Magnalia does not often fare so well in general recognition, even though it …

Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather, 1984, S. Andrus edition, Microform in English Magnalia Christi Americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England (1984 edition) | Open Library It looks like you're offline.

She was the daughter of Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln and his wife Elizabeth. William Allen suggests that she was probably named after Lady Arbella Stuart. [1] On April 15, 1623, she married Rev. Isaac Johnson. [2] In 1630, they both sailed to Massachusetts on a ship that was named the Arbella after her.

Our JOHN WINTHROP, thus born at the mansion-house of his ancestors, at Groton in Suffolk, on June 12, 1587, enjoyed afterwards an agreeable education. But though he would rather have devoted himself unto the study of Mr. John Calvin, than of Sir Edward Cook; nevertheless, the accomplishmentsof a lawyer were those wherewith Heaven made his chief ...

In April 1674, he delivered what is regarded as the first published “execution sermon”: The Cry of Sodom Enquired Into, on the occasion of the sentencing to death by hanging of Benjamin Goad, a young man from his congregation convicted of bestiality upon being discovered in a compromised position with a lady-horse.

Magnalia Christi Americana: Or the Ecclesiastical History of New England from 1620 - 1698. Cotton Mather. T. Parkhurst, 1702 - Electronic book. 0 Reviews. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified .

Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England, From its First Planting in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698. London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1702. 2° (313 x 204 mm). Folding engraved map of New England, New York and East Jersey (313 x 378 mm), advertisement for publisher Parkhurst at end.

Dec 21, 2011 · Magnalia Christi americana; by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 Publication date 1853 Publisher Hartford, S. Andrus & son Collection michigan_books; americana Digitizing sponsor University of Michigan Contributor University of Michigan Language English Addeddate 2011-12-21 20:45:02 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier afk3754.0002.001.umich.edu Identifier-ark

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