"Thoroughly researched.and authoritative."--Caleb Crain, The New York Times Book Review"A fine, richly textured biography."--Boston Globe"[Bremer] has marshaled his deep knowledge of the 17th century to give us a new, passionate, moderate and community-centered Winthrop."--Minneapolis Star Tribune"Add[s] tremendously to our understanding of this pivotal figure. A rich, magisterial biography."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Bremer''s diligently researched work is the definitive landmark study of its subject."-Booklist"An impressive, scholarly analysis of the life of John Winthrop.
"--Library Journal"A richly researched life of the Massachusetts Bay Colony''s first governor, arguing that the Puritan leader was more moderate than history has conveyed."--Kirkus Reviews"Rich in insights and detail. A memorable account of a good man."--Washington Times"In his 1630 sermon ''A New Model of Christian Charity,'' John Winthrop provided the defining and enduring metaphor of America as the ''City Set on A Hill.'' Too long has the person behind the vision been lost to the obscurities of 17th century Puritanism. Frank Bremer has now restored him to his rightful place as the first founding father in the American pantheon."--Peter J. Gomes, Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church, Harvard University"A brilliantly-researched example of what is now often termed the ''new'' Atlantic History.
Drawing upon archives in England and Massachusetts, he reconstructs the career of Governor John Winthrop, showing from a fresh and original perspective what it meant to be a Puritan."--T.H. Breen, Northwestern University"A wonderful achievement. The story of Winthrop''s pilgrimage from unendurable stress in the Old World to endurable stress in the New World is captured with a freshness and vividness that kept me enthralled. The result is a convincing recreation of Winthrop''s mental and physical worlds. This is one of the great early modern biographies."--John Morrill, University of Cambridge"In this remarkable biography of John Winthrop, Bremer brings to life the English society that shaped John Winthrop''s character and purpose and the colonial society that was in turn shaped by him.
A major contribution to the field of puritan studies."--Carol Berkin, Baruch College and The Graduate Center, CUNY"This is a splendid work, not afraid to take sides with its subject, but always judicious and sensitive to the context of a life spent in two continents. Bremer''s study has wider implications than one man''s career; he has thrown a flood of light on the beginnings of the Anglo-American world." --Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford University"Thoroughly researched.and authoritative."--Caleb Crain, The New York Times Book Review"A fine, richly textured biography."--Boston Globe"Bremer''s diligently researched work is the definitive landmark study of its subject."-Booklist"An impressive, scholarly analysis of the life of John Winthrop.
"--Library Journal"Add[s] tremendously to our understanding of this pivotal figure, eloquently reminding us in a rich, magisterial biography how much Winthrop contributed to the founding of the colonies."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A richly researched life of the Massachusetts Bay Colony''s first governor, arguing that the Puritan leader was more moderate than history has conveyed. One of Bremers great achievements is to add flesh to the previous, skeletal portraits of Winthrop''s life in England before he sailed West in 1630. This scholarly makeover adds considerable color to Winthrop''s wan cheeks."--Kirkus Reviews"Rich in insights and detail. A memorable account of a good man."--Washington Times"His deeply learned book is so rich in physical description and offers so many subtle and surprising intellectual insights that it should appeal even to readers whose eyes otherwise glaze over reading about 17th-century theology. You might say that the times are so well described that we are carried through the life.
He has marshaled his deep knowledge of the 17th century to give us a new, passionate, moderate and community-centeredWinthrop."--Minneapolis Star Tribune"Nicely presented--with a number of maps and black and white plates and a Winthrop family tree--and exceedingly well-researched."--The New York Sun"In his 1630 sermon ''A New Model of Christian Charity,'' John Winthrop provided the defining and enduring metaphor of America as the ''City Set on A Hill.'' Too long has the person behind the vision been lost to the obscurities of 17th century Puritanism. Frank Bremer has now restored him to his rightful place as the first founding father in the American pantheon."--Peter J. Gomes, Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church, Harvard University"A wonderful achievement. The story of Winthrop''s pilgrimage from unendurable stress in the Old World to endurable stress in the New World is captured with a freshness and vividness that kept me enthralled.
The result is a convincing recreation of Winthrop''s mental and physical worlds. This is one of the great early modern biographies."--John Morrill, University of Cambridge"In this remarkable biography of John Winthrop, Bremer brings to life the English society that shaped John Winthrop''s character and purpose and the colonial society that was in turn shaped by him. A major contribution to the field of puritan studies."--Carol Berkin, Baruch College and The Graduate Center, CUNY"Bremer''s excellent and comprehensive biography restores Winthrop to his rightful place in American memory."--Weekly Standard"This is a splendid work, not afraid to take sides with its subject, but always judicious and sensitive to the context of a life spent in two continents. Bremer''s study has wider implications than one man''s career; he has thrown a flood of light on the beginnings of the Anglo-American world." --Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford University.
"A brilliantly-researched example of what is now often termed the ''new'' Atlantic History. Drawing upon archives in England and Massachusetts, he reconstructs the career of Governor John Winthrop, showing from a fresh and original perspective what it meant to be a Puritan."--T.H. Breen, Northwestern University.