Loyalist as Royalist, Patriot as Puritan: The @American Revolution as a Repetition of the English Civil Wars
Patriots at the beginning of the American Revolution were conscious of participating in a tradition of liberty derived from their Puritan forefathers. Not only did they refer back to the crossing of the sea by their ancestors who “bravely threw themselves upon the bosom of the ocean, determined to f...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[1976]
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Church history
Jahr: 1976, Band: 45, Heft: 3, Seiten: 329-340 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit KBQ Nordamerika |
| Zusammenfassung: | Patriots at the beginning of the American Revolution were conscious of participating in a tradition of liberty derived from their Puritan forefathers. Not only did they refer back to the crossing of the sea by their ancestors who “bravely threw themselves upon the bosom of the ocean, determined to find a place in which they might enjoy their freedom, or perish in the glorious attempt,” but they also spoke of themselves as “the descendants of Oliver Cromwell's army,” “the descendants of Cromwell's elect.” Benjamin Rush thought of himself as being a son of liberty genetically when he wrote, “I am the great grandson of an officer John Rush who fell fighting against King Charles 1st under Oliver Cromwell.” |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Church history
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