Quote from An Introduction: The Peopling of British North America - Bernard Bailyn
"In the context of the mobility at the time, the famous Puritan exodus -- which, to judge by the weight of subsequent scholarship, must have been a world-historical event -- as an organized migration was nothing remarkable."
and...
"Amid this continuous circulation of people throughout the greater British world, the relocation of religious groups like the Puritans, seeking relief and self-determination, was by no means 'unique in the annals of migration.'" - Carl Bridenbaugh, Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590 - 1640 (1968)
I'm always surprised at what I find out about my ancestors back in England (and Great Britain). My people (direct descendant), came over in the 1600s. Through marriages I am related to these Puritans and others who were on the Mayflower, people who signed the compact.
I've long been following up on life in England/Britain and how things there informed and molded the colonists.
And especially all the myths surrounding religion and such. It's amazing how little we know (as a people), about our heritage -- my family history.
"In the context of the mobility at the time, the famous Puritan exodus -- which, to judge by the weight of subsequent scholarship, must have been a world-historical event -- as an organized migration was nothing remarkable."
and...
"Amid this continuous circulation of people throughout the greater British world, the relocation of religious groups like the Puritans, seeking relief and self-determination, was by no means 'unique in the annals of migration.'" - Carl Bridenbaugh, Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590 - 1640 (1968)
I'm always surprised at what I find out about my ancestors back in England (and Great Britain). My people (direct descendant), came over in the 1600s. Through marriages I am related to these Puritans and others who were on the Mayflower, people who signed the compact.
I've long been following up on life in England/Britain and how things there informed and molded the colonists.
And especially all the myths surrounding religion and such. It's amazing how little we know (as a people), about our heritage -- my family history.