The Worlds of William Penn - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1978801777 ISBN 13: 9781978801776

Verlag: Rutgers University Press, 2019

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"This marvelous new examination of William Penn's many worlds gives us this remarkable man anew."--Michael Zuckerman "University of Pennsylvania "

"Readers may find themselves drawn into Penn's tempestuous trans-Atlantic world. Such readers may want to go on to read The Worlds of William Penn, a collection of 18 essays on Penn and his 'worlds' (American, English, Irish and Quaker). In one illuminating essay, historian Scott Sowerby notes how unlikely the alliance between the Quaker Penn and the Catholic James II was."--Wall Street Journal

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William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two American colonies, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As such, his career was marked by controversy and contention in both England and America. This volume looks at William Penn with fresh eyes, bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess his multifaceted life and career. Contributors analyze the worlds that shaped Penn and the worlds that he shaped: Irish, English, American, Quaker, and imperial. The eighteen chapters in The Worlds of William Penn shed critical new light on Penn’s life and legacy, examining his early and often-overlooked time in Ireland; the literary, political, and theological legacies of his public career during the Restoration and after the 1688 Revolution; his role as proprietor of Pennsylvania; his religious leadership in the Quaker movement, and as a loyal lieutenant to George Fox, and his important role in the broader British imperial project. Coinciding with the 300th anniversary of Penn’s death the time is right for this examination of Penn’s importance both in his own time and to the ongoing campaign for political and religious liberty

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• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1978801777
• ISBN 13: 9781978801776
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 438
• Herausgeber: Murphy Andrew R., Smolenski John