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Book SynopsisAnne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist. Michael Winship disentangles what really happened from the legends that have misrepresented her for so long.
Trade ReviewCould 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
