Fear of an oath: Piety, hypocrisy, and the dilemma of Puritan identity
Despite the fact that Puritans viewed themselves as honest embodiments of God's Word, they were routinely condemned as consummate liars, dangerous sharpers, and seditious malefactors. The perception of Puritans as hypocrites and tricksters began in Elizabethan England and gained wide currency d...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2001
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3012160 |