PuritanismKesiya Cherian
1st period
Literary period
Literary period
Puritans had a purpose for their writingTo transform thier god, since he is not
present in this world.Used their writing to make the god more
revelent and also to glorify him.Themes for puritans writings were
Idealism, both religious and political and Pragmaticism, practicality and purposiveness.
Literary period
Example of puritan writing is the Scarlet letter.
In ther it showed the rules and regulation puritans had for their community.
It described how they were expected to live and lead a life
Liteary period
Showed the amount of impact church had on thier daily life
Society followed conduct of church, and none over ride their opinions
Puritans defined and employed sympathy in a variety of writings, explicating it from biblical passages and enjoining it on followers as necessary to the godly life
Religious Elements
Puritanism began early(c.1560) in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I as a movement for religious reform.
Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms.
Religious Elements
. They also believed that the church of England had become a product struggles and man-made doctrines.
Religious exclusiveness was the foremost principle of their society
their spiritual beliefs that they held were strong
Religious Elements
Since god was forefront of their minds, he was to motivate all of their actions. This worked both for them and against them .
he common unity strengthened the community and their spiritual bond made them sympathetic to each others needs
Social Elements
Social Elements
Puritans had a great impact on their society. Their way of life was strictly based on the puritan values
their government, their daily life was structured based on the church
Social Elements
They gave church a lot of importanceSalem witch trials broke out, and they
were much against the practice of witch craft
Puritans believed that their religious purity and salvation could be achieved through self –discipline, self-improvement and hard work.
Social Elements
strong self awareness and led the way for the development of individualism in colonial America
strengthened puritans self awareness to perfect oneself
Political Elements
Political Elements
Puritanism layed the foundation for American democracy
Mayflower Compact of 1620 led to the birth of early American democracy
Puritan belief that communities were formed by covenants produced America’s first democratic institution, the town meeting.
Political Elements
Decisions were made by majority rule.There was no rigid hierarchy in church.An element of American culture, which
shaped the values of American people
Political Elements
Individualism, egalitarianism, optimism, can find their origin in Puritanism of colonial periods
Contributed a lot to the establishment of American democracy.
Artistic Elements
People express their faith as art
Use their technology and environment as a medium
Art form was the theater of the pulpit
Artistic Elements
Puritan architecture was limited by time, the lack of tooling and labor.
Wrote poems to express their daily lifeTalked about their life and daily routine
based on the church
Artistic Elements
Believed poems shouldnt be for pleasure, but to inform themselves about the values and morals they follow.
Typical skills of an English village being reflected in the building
Puritan architecture