William Penn: a life
It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially give...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Murphy, Andrew R., 1967-, William Penn : a life] (2020) (Healey, Robynne Rogers, 1964 -)
[Rezension von: Murphy, Andrew R., 1967-, William Penn : a life] (2021) (Smolinski, Reiner, 1954 -) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Penn, William 1644-1718
B England / Pennsylvania / Quakers / History 1670-1718 |
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Biography
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| Summary: | It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years, Andrew R. Murphy takes readers through the defiant and complex life of a religious dissenter, political theorist, and social activist Cover -- Half title -- William Penn -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Notes and Abbreviations -- Prologue -- 1. Origins -- 2. A Young Man on the Move -- 3. Cork, and Convincement -- 4. Celebrity -- 5. "The Great Opinionist" -- 6. American Affairs and Popish Plots -- 7. Penn's Woods -- 8. To America . . . and Back Again -- 9. Trouble on Both Sides of the Atlantic -- 10. Seclusion and Solitude -- 11. Return to Public Life -- 12. Pirates, Penn, and the Pennsylvanians -- 13. Back in England -- 14. William Jr. -- 15. "Prison" and After -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (489 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-023425-6 |
