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Protestant Reform and Plymouth Church in Early America
The article surveys the European Reformation’s link with state power, noting Luther and others sought reform within imperfect systems. It then details Pilgrim origins at Scrooby, Amsterdam, and Leyden, describing trades of Plymouth exiles, the Mayflower church-state relation, and clashes with Puritan Adventurers over church governance and national control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantine
Baconwell
Luther
Zwingli
Calvin
Craumer
Latimer
England
Wycliffe
Robert Browne
Copping
Thacker
Barrowe
Greenwood
Penry
Francis Johnson
New England
Scrooby
Brewster
Dr. Bacon
Hagland
Amsterdam
Church of
Leyden
John Robinson
Netherlands
Bradford
Holland
Bacon
Plymouth
Commonwealth
Pilgrim Church
Ferdinand Gorges
Lyford
Church of England
Mr. Robinson
William Bradford
William Brewster
Edward Winslow
Myles Standish