Episode 68: A Godly Community

1630 Squeezed out by William Laud's anti-Calvinist Church, the Calvinists of England struggle to adapt to their new circumstances. Some look to escape England altogether, and establish a new life in America. Key Characters Alexander Leighton (A Scottish puritan who William Laud makes an example of) Thomas Hooker (A Calvinist minister forced out of the Church - and England) John Winthrop (A gentleman looking to create a godly community for England's Calvinists) New Locations on Map Groton (the Winthrop family estate in Suffolk) New Plymouth (an American colony founded by radical Puritans in 1620) Boston (the capital of Winthrop's Massachusetts Bay Colony) Providence Island (A colony off the coast of Nicaragua, intended to be a permanent base for English raiders)

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Episode 68: A Godly Community is an episode from Early Stuart England by Greg Koabel.

This episode is 30:27 long.

This episode was published on Aug 10, 2019.

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