Roger Williams: The Church and the State

by Edmund S. Morgan

Book Overview

A classic of its kind, Edmund S. Morgan's Roger Williams skillfully depicts the intellectual life of the man who, after his expulsion in 1635 from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded what would become Rhode Island. As Morgan re-creates the evolution of Williams's thoughts on the nature of the church and the state, he captures with characteristic economy and precision the institutions that informed Williams's worldview, from the Protestant church...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393304035
• ISBN13: 9780393304039
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.3"