New perspectives on how history is made
No one would ever call Donald Trump a Puritan. But the 17th century religious movement is a foundation of Trump's America.
In 1721, Boston’s colonists greeted Cotton Mather’s proposal with a terror that bordered on hysteria.
Roger Williams didn't just found Rhode Island. He worked to maintain peace in New England for almost 40 years.
She salts "her account of the trials with anachronisms that serve our prejudices."
What we can still learn from the Puritans.
The anti-vaccine movement today is not solely a religious in character, but much of its rhetoric is identical to theological arguments made against inoculation more than three hundred years ago.
Sign up for HNN Newsletters
