Female Piety in Puritan New England

Female Piety in Puritan New England
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9780195068214
ISBN-13 : 0195068211
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Book Synopsis Female Piety in Puritan New England by : Amanda Porterfield

Download or read book Female Piety in Puritan New England written by Amanda Porterfield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals and established the standards against which the moral character of real women was measured.


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