Religion and Governance in England's Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601-1698

By Haig Z Smith

1. Introduction: Introduction: 'A Just Government': Empire, Religion, Chaplains and the Corporation .- 2. The Virginia Company and the Foundations of Religious Governance in English Commercial Expansion .- 3. The Plymouth Company and Massachusetts Bay Company (1622-1639): Establishing Theocratic Corporate Governance .- 4. Apostasy and Debauchery (1601-1660): Behaviour, Passive Evangelism and the East India and Levant Company Chaplains .- 5. The Massachusetts Bay Company and New England Company (1640-1684): Exportation, Revaluation and the Demise of Corporate Theocratic Governance .- 6. The East India Company (1661-1698): Territorial Acquisition and the 'Amsterdam of Liberty' .- 7. Conclusion .- 8. Bibliography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030701301
• ISBN13: 9783030701307
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"