Godly Violence in the Puritan Atlantic World, 1636-1676: A Study of Military Providentialism

Matthew Rowley

doi:10.1017/9781800108554

Godly Violence in the Puritan Atlantic World, 1636-1676

A Study of Military Providentialism

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Matthew Rowley, Fairfield University, Connecticut

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: May 2024
Print publication year:: 2024
Online ISBN:: 9781800108554
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800108554

Subjects:: History, Regional History after 1500

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A rich analysis of the mindset of Puritans and of their theology which justified military action and acts of killing.

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Godly Violence in the Puritan Atlantic World, 1636-1676

A Study of Military Providentialism

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of Illustrations
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations
pp xi-xiv

Conventions
pp xv-xvi

1 - Puritan Theology and the Pressure of War
pp 1-19

2 - Military Providentialism
pp 20-37

3 - Godly Violence
pp 38-62

PART I - DAWN
pp 63-69

4 - Mystic Massacre (1637): ‘Divine Slaughter by the Hand of the English’
pp 70-100

5 - Naseby (1645): ‘Non nobis Domine, non nobis’
pp 101-132

PART II - DAY
pp 133-138

6 - Drogheda (1649): ‘Christ begins to reign as a Man of Blood’
pp 139-171

7 - Dunbar (1650): ‘An Achan in the Scots Army’
pp 172-202

PART III - DUSK
pp 203-210

8 - Great Swamp Fight (1675): ‘Terrible things in righteousness’
pp 211-244

9 - Conclusion: Cross-Conflict Comparison
pp 245-261

10 - Afterword: A Candle in the Dark
pp 262-264

Bibliography
pp 265-302

Name Index
pp 303-309

Place Index
pp 310-310

Subject Index
pp 311-316

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