Book I: Antiquities

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Book I: Antiquities is the opening section of Cotton Mather’s historical work Magnalia Christi Americana, focusing on the early history and foundations of New England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book section
historical writing
author Cotton Mather
countryOfOrigin Colonial America
focusesOn early history of New England
New England Colonies
surface form: foundations of New England
genre colonial history
ecclesiastical history
historicalMethod providential history
historicalPeriodDescribed 17th-century New England
intendedAudience English-speaking Protestant readers
language English
literaryForm prose
openingSectionOf Magnalia Christi Americana
partOf Magnalia Christi Americana
positionInWork first book
primaryTheme divine providence in New England’s founding
religious foundations of New England society
relatedWork other books of Magnalia Christi Americana
religiousPerspective Puritan
subject Massachusetts Bay Colony
surface form: New England Puritan settlement

early colonial leaders in New England
origins of New England churches
theologicalOrientation Calvinist
workContainedIn Magnalia Christi Americana
surface form: Magnalia Christi Americana: or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England

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Magnalia Christi Americana hasPart Book I: Antiquities