Puritans Essays

When the 16th-century Reformation took place three distinct sectors of reformation developed: the German, the Swiss (including France) and the English. Of these three the weakest and least hopeful was the English. At first opposition was fierce. 277 Christian leaders were burned to death at the stake during the reign of Queen Mary. She earned…

annonA religious fanatic is someone who takes his or her religion tothe extreme, letting it control everything in his or her day to day life. The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay colony are a prime example of thisextremist view of religion. They had com plete religion based livesincluding the laws that they wrote, the way…