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A clear look at how Dutch colonial rules shaped religious life in early New Netherland, with lasting questions about tolerance and power.
In this study, the author traces ordinances that restricted Catholic, Lutheran, Quaker, and Jewish worship and shows how public policy and church leadership intersected with everyday life. It also considers how political considerations—immigration, colonization, and the struggle for control—guided these religious restrictions.
- Delves into the specific laws and penalties used to enforce conformity.
- Explores how governors like Stuyvesant balanced authority with pressures from home and among settlers.
- Offers context on how dissenters and minority groups navigated a strict religious landscape.
- Connects colonial policies to broader debates about religious liberty in history.
Ideal for readers of early American religious history and readers curious about how law, governance, and faith intersected in a formative colony.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the interplay between Dutch colonial rule and religious tolerance in New Netherland, the 17th-century Dutch colony that would become New York. The author challenges the long-held belief that the Dutch in America were more tolerant than their European counterparts, arguing that the Dutch Reformed Church enjoyed an established status in the colony, with other religious groups facing varying degrees of persecution. The book draws on a wealth of primary source material to provide a nuanced and detailed account of religious policy in New Netherland, shedding light on the complex relationship between religion and power in the early modern Atlantic world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333409579_0
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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from New Netherland IntoleranceArchives da Royaume a la Haye. Resolutien van H. H. M. De Staten generaels der Vereenigde Nederlanden. 1644. Fo. 117 sq. In hubert. Les pays-baa cl la Republique des Provinces Unis. L. Seller Inventory # 2148048284
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