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    The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic...
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    The Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street, also known as The Puritan Widow, is an anonymous Jacobean stage comedy, first published in 1607. It is often...
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  • up Puritan or puritan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Puritans were a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritan or...
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    In the early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England. Puritans were intensely devout members of...
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    The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the first Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI, the formation of an identifiable Puritan...
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      Welsh Puritan religious dominance was found in northeast Wales near Wrexham, Denbighshire, and an indirect Puritan influence found along the southwestern...
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    The Puritan is a bronze statue by sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens in Springfield, Massachusetts, which became so popular it was reproduced for over 20 other...
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    Puritan Records was an American record label which lasted from 1917 to 1929. For most of its existence Puritan was a product of the Wisconsin Chair Company...
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    devotion of the entire day to worship, and consequently the avoidance of recreational activities. Unlike seventh-day Sabbatarians, Puritan Sabbatarians...
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  • USS Puritan may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Puritan (1864) was a single-turret monitor that was never commissioned. She...
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    The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church...
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    The Puritan migration to New England was marked in its effects from 1620 to 1640, declining sharply afterwards. The term Great Migration can refer to...
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    Puritans, especially Puritan women, actively attempted to thwart attempts by the Devil to overtake them and their souls. Indeed, Puritans held the belief...
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  • The Puritan Backroom is a 2020 James Beard Foundation Award America's Classic restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire. They are known for their mudslides...
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  • In addition to critical care ventilation, Puritan Bennett provided medical devices for patients outside of the acute care environment. Its products included...
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    Watson (c. 1620–1686) was an English Puritan preacher and author. He was ejected from his London parish after the Restoration, but continued to preach...
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    Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) was an English non-conformist Puritan preacher and author. Much of what is known about Thomas Brooks has been ascertained from...
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  • The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel is a 1935 novel by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana. Set largely in the fictional town...
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  • Puritan Medical Products is an American manufacturer of swab, diagnostic, and specimen collection products. Puritan is North America's largest manufacturer...
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    worked with a number of definitions of Puritanism, in an unresolved debate on the nature of the Puritan movement of the 16th and 17th century. There are some...
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    The second USS Puritan was a Puritan-class monitor in the United States Navy, constructed in 1882. She was the only ship in her class. On 23 June 1874...
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    The reign of Elizabeth I of England, from 1558 to 1603, saw the start of the Puritan movement in England, its clash with the authorities of the Church...
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    Boston (redirect from Puritan City)
    surrounding the city, is the largest in New England and eleventh-largest in the country. Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers...
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    an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence...
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  • Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town is a nonfiction history book by American historian Sumner Chilton Powell published in 1963 by Wesleyan...
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    major point of tension between the Anglican party and the Puritan party." The Catholic Church also responded, promoting the festival in a more religiously...
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    The Puritan choir was a theory advanced by historian Sir John Neale of an influential movement of radical English Protestants in the Elizabethan Parliament...
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    The Puritan is a 126-foot (38 m) gaff-rigged schooner designed by naval architect John Alden and built in 1930. Originally owned by Edward W. Brown in...
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    Puritan Passions is a 1923 silent film directed by Frank Tuttle, based on Percy MacKaye's 1908 play The Scarecrow, which was itself based on Nathaniel...
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  • minister of presbyterian views, arrested as implicated in the plot of Christopher Love to restore the Stuart monarchy. He born at Heswall, Cheshire, in June...
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