{"title":"“A sweete cup hath rendered many of us wanton and too active”: The Perils and Promises of Liberty in the Providence Plantations, 1636–1656","authors":"Cory D. Higdon","doi":"10.1162/tneq_a_00981","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The intellectual history of religious liberty redounds with complexity. This article chronicles the early decades of the Providence Plantations, what eventually became Rhode Island, as a historical frame of reference for exploring the promises and perils that liberty of conscience wrought in the Narragansett Bay.","PeriodicalId":44619,"journal":{"name":"NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS","volume":"96 1","pages":"121-159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq_a_00981","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract The intellectual history of religious liberty redounds with complexity. This article chronicles the early decades of the Providence Plantations, what eventually became Rhode Island, as a historical frame of reference for exploring the promises and perils that liberty of conscience wrought in the Narragansett Bay.
期刊介绍:
Contributions cover a range of time periods, from before European colonization to the present, and any subject germane to New England’s history—for example, the region’s diverse literary and cultural heritage, its political philosophies, race relations, labor struggles, religious contro- versies, and the organization of family life. The journal also treats the migration of New England ideas, people, and institutions to other parts of the United States and the world. In addition to major essays, features include memoranda and edited documents, reconsiderations of traditional texts and interpretations, essay reviews, and book reviews.