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Zwierlein, Frederick J.

 
9781333409579: New Netherland Intolerance (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

A clear look at how Dutch colonial rules shaped religious life in early New Netherland, with lasting questions about tolerance and power.

In this study, the author traces ordinances that restricted Catholic, Lutheran, Quaker, and Jewish worship and shows how public policy and church leadership intersected with everyday life. It also considers how political considerations—immigration, colonization, and the struggle for control—guided these religious restrictions.


  • Delves into the specific laws and penalties used to enforce conformity.

  • Explores how governors like Stuyvesant balanced authority with pressures from home and among settlers.

  • Offers context on how dissenters and minority groups navigated a strict religious landscape.

  • Connects colonial policies to broader debates about religious liberty in history.



Ideal for readers of early American religious history and readers curious about how law, governance, and faith intersected in a formative colony.

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Archives da Royaume a la Haye. Resolutien van H. H. M. De Staten generaels der Vereenigde Nederlanden. 1644. Fo. 117 sq. In hubert. Les pays-baa cl la Republique des Provinces Unis. La Question Religieuse, p. 81 fl.

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