Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700

by Jorge Cañizares-esguerra

2021-01-01 13:15:05

This book argues that the striking resemblances in Spanish and Puritan discourses of colonization as "exorcism" and as spiritual gardening point to a common Atlantic history. These resemblances suggest that we are better off if we simply consider th... Read more
This book argues that the striking resemblances in Spanish and Puritan discourses of colonization as "exorcism" and as spiritual gardening point to a common Atlantic history. These resemblances suggest that we are better off if we simply consider the Puritan colonization of New England as a continuation of Iberian models rather than a radically different colonizing experience. The book demonstrates that a wider Pan-American perspective can upset the most cherished national narratives of the United States, for it maintains that the Puritan colonization of New England was as much a chivalric, crusading act of Reconquista (against the Devil) as was the Spanish conquest. Less

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File size9 X 6 X 0.9 in
Print pages344
PublisherStanford University Press
Publication date October 3, 2006
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780804742801

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