Religion and Governance in England's Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698
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Religion and Governance in England's Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698

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Religion and Governance in England's Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698

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This open access book explores the role of religion in England's overseas companies and the formation of English governmental identity abroad in the seventeenth century. Drawing on research into the Virginia, East India, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New England and Levant Companies, it offers a comparative global assessment of the inextricable links between the formation of English overseas government and various models of religious governance across England's emerging colonial empire. While these approaches to governance varied from company to company, each sought to regulate the behaviour of their personnel, as well as the numerous communities and faiths which fell within their jurisdiction. This book provides a crucial reassessment of the seventeenth-century foundations of British imperial governance.

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Yes, you can access Religion and Governance in England's Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698 by Haig Z. Smith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & British History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9783030701307
eBook ISBN
9783030701314
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. ‘A Just Government’—Empire, Religion, Chaplains and the Corporation
  4. 2. The Virginia Company and the Foundations of Religious Governance in English Commercial Expansion
  5. 3. The Plymouth Company and Massachusetts Bay Company (1622–1639): Establishing Theocratic Corporate Governance
  6. 4. Apostasy and Debauchery (1601–1660): Behaviour, Passive Evangelism and the East India and Levant Company Chaplains
  7. 5. The Massachusetts Bay Company and New England Company (1640–1684): Exportation, Revaluation and the Demise of Corporate Theocratic Governance
  8. 6. The East India Company (1661–1698): Territorial Acquisition and the ‘Amsterdam of Liberty’
  9. 7. Conclusion
  10. Back Matter