It highlights the influence of religion on education, particularly the Puritan belief in teaching children to read the Bible to fend off evil. The establishment of the first education laws ...

The Geneva Bible was first printed in 1560 and was the translation of choice for the early puritans including the pilgrim fathers. It was known as the 'Breeches' Bible by it's detractors as Adam ...

The black-clad, steeple-hatted Puritan, walking warily to church with Bible in hand and musket on shoulder, is an enduring image of New England’s formative colonial era. In “The Wars of the ...

Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking comfort and reassurance in the Bible, they ...

Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking comfort and reassurance in the Bible, they ...