Magnalia Christi Americana

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Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
ecclesiastical history ⓘ
author Cotton Mather ⓘ
completionApproximateDate c. 1697 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Colonial New England ⓘ
describesEvent conflicts with dissenters in New England ⓘ
early New England revivals ⓘ
founding of Connecticut ⓘ
founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
firstEditionPublisher Thomas Parkhurst ⓘ
focusesOn New England churches ⓘ
New England religious leaders ⓘ
Puritan institutions ⓘ
providential events in New England ⓘ
genre Puritan literature ⓘ
church history ⓘ
religious history ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England ⓘ
hasPart Book I: Antiquities ⓘ
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei ⓘ
Book III: Polybius ⓘ
Book IV: Psalterium Americanum ⓘ
linked to: Psalter

Book V: Acts and Monuments ⓘ
Book VI: A Faithful Record of Many Illustrious, Wonderful Providences ⓘ
Book VII: A General Ecclesiastical History of the New-English Churches ⓘ
hasPerspective pro-Puritan ⓘ
providentialist ⓘ
historicalRegionDescribed New England ⓘ
includesBiographiesOf New England magistrates ⓘ
New England ministers ⓘ
influenced historiography of New England ⓘ
later American religious history writing ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject New England Puritanism ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

New England clergy ⓘ
history of New England ⓘ
providential history ⓘ
notablePersonDescribed Increase Mather ⓘ
John Cotton ⓘ
John Winthrop ⓘ
Thomas Hooker ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationDate 1702 ⓘ
religiousTradition Congregationalism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 17th-century New England ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ
writtenByClergy true ⓘ

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Magnalia Christi Americana → hasPart → Book VI: A Faithful Record of Many Illustrious, Wonderful Providences ⓘ
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Magnalia Christi Americana → hasPart → Book VII: A General Ecclesiastical History of the New-English Churches ⓘ
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Magnalia Christi Americana → hasAlternativeTitle → Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England ⓘ
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Increase Mather → notableWork → A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England ⓘ
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