Magnalia Christi Americana

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book ecclesiastical history

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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A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England 1
Book II of Magnalia Christi Americana 1
Book V: Acts and Monuments 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
surface form: Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England
hasPart Book I: Antiquities ⓘ
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei ⓘ
Book III: Polybius ⓘ
Psalter ⓘ
surface form: Book IV: Psalterium Americanum

Magnalia Christi Americana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book V: Acts and Monuments

Magnalia Christi Americana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book VI: A Faithful Record of Many Illustrious, Wonderful Providences

Magnalia Christi Americana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: New England Puritanism

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

Referenced by (16)

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Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei → associatedWork → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
Magnalia Christi Americana → hasAlternativeTitle → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England
Magnalia Christi Americana → hasPart → Magnalia Christi Americana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book V: Acts and Monuments
Magnalia Christi Americana → hasPart → Magnalia Christi Americana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book VI: A Faithful Record of Many Illustrious, Wonderful Providences
Magnalia Christi Americana → hasPart → Magnalia Christi Americana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book VII: A General Ecclesiastical History of the New-English Churches
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei → hasPartOfLargerStructure → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book II of Magnalia Christi Americana
Cotton Mather → notableWork → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
Increase Mather → notableWork → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England
Book I: Antiquities → openingSectionOf → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
Book III: Polybius → parentWorkTitle → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
Book I: Antiquities → partOf → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei → partOf → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
Book III: Polybius → partOf → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
The Christian Philosopher → relatedWorkOfAuthor → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
Book I: Antiquities → workContainedIn → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magnalia Christi Americana: or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei → workContainedIn → Magnalia Christi Americana ⓘ