Originally published in 1955 and based on research of public records and other contemporary sources, this book builds up an excellent picture of England before the Civil War. Through a series of case studies, it examines the type of person who emigrated to New England and their motivation for doing so. The wealth of evidence from original documents is clearly arranged and provides a refreshing reassessment of the period, showing that although religious conviction was a clear motive for emigration, the Puritan were also seeking security from hardships of other kinds.
Part 1: Fundamental Conditions
1. Preview
2. The Nation at Large
3. The
King and the Court
4. Charles and his Privy Purse
5. The Country Classes
6.
Country Life
7. London
8. Reading and the Family Part 2: Economic
Difficulties
9. The Poor
10. Hard Times
11. Two Important Trades
12.
Monopolies
13. The Plague Part 3: Charles Foreign Wars
14. English Military
and Naval Life
15. Futility in War
16. So Much for Buckingham!
17.
Aftermath of Ré
18. Hazards of the Sea Part 4: Government and Law
19.
Charles First Three Parliaments
20. Finance Without Parliament
21.
Ship-Money and the Migration
22. The Court of Star Chamber
23. Impending
Trouble Part 5: Anglican Against Puritan
24. The English Church General
25.
Puritan Thought
26. The Anglicans
27. Laud against the Puritans
28. The High
Commission
29. The Case of Charles Chauncy
30. The Case of Samuel Ward
31.
The Courts and the Common Folk
32. Summary The Leaven of Discontent Part 6:
The English Story of the Migration
33. Early Plans and Motives
34. Settlement
Begins
35. The Massachusetts Bay Company
36. Preparations to Go
37. Reports
Reach England
38. Restrictions and Evasions
39. New Dangers
40. Gorges
Against the Colony
41. The Last Danger Weathered
J. T. Cliffe is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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