Could easily replace . . . Edmund Morgan's The Puritan Dilemma. . .
as an introduction to early American history." —Journal of
Interdisciplinary History
"Scholarly depth, elegant prose, and gently iconoclastic tone make
this an excellent account of a misunderstood episode." —Journal of
Religion
"In lively and graceful prose and with great erudition lightly
worn, Winship untangles central debates in reformed Protestantism."
—William and Mary Quarterly
"The finest, most delicate part of Winship's achievement is to
consider Hutchinson in full, avoiding both condemnation and
celebration." —New England Quarterly
"A must read for those interested in early Massachusetts society .
. . [and] in the church's endless search for heretics." —Journal of
Church and State
"The single most comprehensive account of the often-misinterpreted
trials of one of America's first great dissenters. Winship's
unparalleled understanding of seventeenth-century New England
Puritanism supplies a context too frequently missing from previous
accounts." —Mary Beth Norton, author of In the Devil's Snare: The
Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
"The prosecution of Anne Hutchinson was a defining movement in
early American history. Winship vividly describes dramatic
courtroom scenes, powerful personalities driven to the edges of
their beliefs, and the relentless hounding of a highly intelligent
woman who thought she understood God's will." —Amanda Porterfield,
author of Female Piety in New England: The Emergence of Religious
Humanism
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