Puritan Lifestyle in 15th Century New England
Puritan Lifestyle In 15th Century New England
The Puritans began as a religious group in England, after King Henry VIII was denied a divorce from Catherine of Aragorn. Henry was outraged by this denial and broke away from the Church, creating the Church of England. The Church of England became prominent in of forceful reprimanding of sinners, mainly through the use of whipping, public humiliation, and occasionally execution. Eventually, the Puritans became unsatisfied with the Church of England, due to their belief that it still had too many Catholic remnants. Eventually, the Puritans became fed up and left the Church of England, pressing them to make the journey to the New World. The seas were tough for the Puritans on their sixty-seven day voyage, due to storms that caused rough waters. Alongside the turbulent sailing, the passengers of the Mayflower also had to deal with spoiled food, dirty living areas, and the ever-present risk of disease. Although their voyage was full of hardship and suffering, they did eventually make it to the New World. The Puritans made their own society in America, a society built around rules and religion. To an extent, they created a model lifestyle, full of admirable hopes and ideas for what a true Christian group should be like, but their society also had flaws, which caused major tension in Puritan life.
Upon landing in Massachusetts in 1630, the Puritans, known as Pilgrims, got to work on building the ideal society for a group of radical Christians like themselves, based upon their beliefs. They believed in predestination, and divine law, and those beliefs became the centerfold of many of the sermons preached in Puritan churches. Puritans also believed that even the predestined had to follow the divine law, laws that were said to be of the will of God, rather than man. Contrary to popular belief, the Puritans were not always at church, they had a taste for earthly fun. The Pilgrims had social classes and dressed according to
The Puritans began as a religious group in England, after King Henry VIII was denied a divorce from Catherine of Aragorn. Henry was outraged by this denial and broke away from the Church, creating the Church of England. The Church of England became prominent in of forceful reprimanding of sinners, mainly through the use of whipping, public humiliation, and occasionally execution. Eventually, the Puritans became unsatisfied with the Church of England, due to their belief that it still had too many Catholic remnants. Eventually, the Puritans became fed up and left the Church of England, pressing them to make the journey to the New World. The seas were tough for the Puritans on their sixty-seven day voyage, due to storms that caused rough waters. Alongside the turbulent sailing, the passengers of the Mayflower also had to deal with spoiled food, dirty living areas, and the ever-present risk of disease. Although their voyage was full of hardship and suffering, they did eventually make it to the New World. The Puritans made their own society in America, a society built around rules and religion. To an extent, they created a model lifestyle, full of admirable hopes and ideas for what a true Christian group should be like, but their society also had flaws, which caused major tension in Puritan life.
Upon landing in Massachusetts in 1630, the Puritans, known as Pilgrims, got to work on building the ideal society for a group of radical Christians like themselves, based upon their beliefs. They believed in predestination, and divine law, and those beliefs became the centerfold of many of the sermons preached in Puritan churches. Puritans also believed that even the predestined had to follow the divine law, laws that were said to be of the will of God, rather than man. Contrary to popular belief, the Puritans were not always at church, they had a taste for earthly fun. The Pilgrims had social classes and dressed according to