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oapen-20.500.12657-524212022-01-15T02:48:48Z Religion and Governance in England’s Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601–1698 Smith, Haig Z. Open access British Empire Colonialism Overseas trading companies Religious governance Imperial government bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTQ Colonialism & imperialism bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general::HRAX History of religion bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history::HBJD1 British & Irish history 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. 2022-01-14T13:41:19Z 2022-01-14T13:41:19Z 2022 book ONIX_20220114_9783030701314_18 9783030701314 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52421 eng New Transculturalisms, 1400–1800 application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-70131-4.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-70131-4 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-030-70131-4 10.1007/978-3-030-70131-4 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 9783030701314 European Research Council (ERC) Palgrave Macmillan 292 681884 H2020 European Research Council H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council open access
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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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