The Puritan Ethic did not permit idle time; Quincy's dairy is replete wtih statements such as, "I resolve, therefore, in future to be more circumspect--to hoard my moments with a more thrifty ...

The lead up to the Civil War of the 1640s is woven with issues relating to politics, economic and social change, and religion ...

Dissatisfaction with the reign of Charles I found a home within the emerging Puritan movement, which ultimately led to regime change and the previously unthinkable - the legal execution of the ...