The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Liberty, Law, and Intolerance in Puritan New England

by Mark C. Carnes and Michael P. Winship

The Trial of Anne Hutchinson re-creates one of the most tumultuous and significant episodes in early American history: the struggle between the followers and allies of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and those of Anne Hutchinson, a strong-willed and brilliant religious dissenter. The controversy pushed Massachusetts to the brink of collapse and spurred a significant exodus. The Puritans who founded Massachusetts were poised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039393733X
• ISBN13: 9780393937336
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.6"