Simplicity’s Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy
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Simplicity’s Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy is a 17th-century religious and political polemical work by Samuel Gorton defending his theological views and civil liberties against persecution in colonial New England.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simplicity’s Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
17th-century book
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polemical work ⓘ political pamphlet ⓘ religious tract ⓘ |
| about |
Puritan authorities in New England
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church–state relations ⓘ freedom of conscience ⓘ persecution of Samuel Gorton ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Gorton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colonial New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defends |
Samuel Gorton’s civil liberties
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Samuel Gorton’s theological views ⓘ |
| genre |
political polemic
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religious polemic ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Simplicity’s Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
colonial New England religious controversies
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early American religious liberty debates ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
English authorities
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readers concerned with religious liberty ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil liberties
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colonial governance ⓘ religious persecution ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| politicalTheme |
individual rights
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liberty of conscience ⓘ limits of civil authority ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | radical Protestantism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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