Puritanism | Definition, History, Beliefs, Facts | Britannica Puritanism, a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that was known for the intensity of the religious experience that it fostered Puritans’ efforts contributed to both civil war in England and the founding of colonies in America
Puritans - Wikipedia The nature of the Puritan movement in England changed radically In New England, it retained its character for a longer period Puritanism was never a formally defined religious division within Protestantism, and the term Puritan itself was rarely used after the turn of the 18th century
The Puritans - Definition, England Beliefs | HISTORY The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement known as Puritanism that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century They believed the Church of England was too similar
Puritans - World History Encyclopedia The Puritans were English Protestant Christians, primarily active in the 16th-18th centuries CE, who claimed the Anglican Church had not distanced itself sufficiently from Catholicism and sought to 'purify' it of Catholic practices
Who Were the Puritans? (History Beliefs) - TheCollector Emerging in the context of Henry VIII’s English Reformation, the Puritans, a loosely knit community of English protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, believed that the Church of England preserved too many remnants of Roman Catholicism
Puritans: Their Beliefs, Impact, and Legacy in History Emerging from the desire to reform the Church of England, Puritans sought to create a community based on strict adherence to biblical tenets Their migration to America was not just a step towards religious freedom but also a journey to establish a new society that reflected their beliefs
The Puritans - World History Edu In the article below, World History Edu provides an in-depth exploration of the Puritan movement, their beliefs, and their impact on both England and the American colonies Puritanism emerged as a response to the perceived inadequacies of the English Reformation
Puritanism | Research Starters - EBSCO Puritanism is a Protestant Christian religious movement that began in England in the sixteenth century It was an outgrowth of the Church of England, and its followers strove to cleanse the new English church of its remaining vestiges of what they called the Roman Catholic "popery "
Puritanism and Predestination - National Humanities Center With the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660, Puritanism went into eclipse in England, largely because the movement was identified with the upheaval and radicalism of the Civil War and Cromwell’s tyrannical government, a virtual military dictatorship
History of the Puritans in North America - Wikipedia Puritanism was a Protestant movement that emerged in 16th-century England with the goal of transforming it into a godly society by reforming or purifying the Church of England of all remaining Roman Catholic teachings and practices [2] During the reign of Elizabeth I, Puritans were for the most part tolerated within the established church