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Identifier	Thesis 2113
Author	Floyd, Megan L., 1985-
Title	A sundry lot: the development and application of puritan/pilgrim concepts of health and disease in 17th century New England
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2010
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	In historiography, the Puritan/Pilgrims have been viewed as popular extremes capable of murderous destruction or fulfilling the destiny for modern America. In the wake of Puritan settlement, epidemics struck the New England Native Americans. To many scholars, the Puritan response is thought to be completely bound by their religious beliefs. This paper expands the historiography by going beyond both classical and conquest theory to create a holistic and contextual view of Puritan disease mores. The utilization of a multidisciplinary approach paints a dynamic picture of this society. Such methodology includes the study of medical geography which explores the natural world and its role in disease. Epidemiology, the understanding of how human behavior affects health, is an important tool in the study of Puritan disease theory. Primary sources provided by state libraries, as well as scholarly works, confirm that Puritan knowledge did not exist in a theological vacuum. Expanding theories and individual world views within Renaissance Europe fundamentally changed medical science in England. This impacted how these Pilgrims grasped health and disease among themselves and the natives prior to settlement in 1616. Despite the limitations of sixteenth and seventeenth century medical science, this group developed disease theories which were diverse in understanding and application. As the Puritans fled to the New World, it was clear that individualism would further dichotomize within the colonies. With the perpetuation of Renaissance tools in New England’s most southern colonies, the rationalizations regarding Native American disease proved no less complex.
Subject	Puritans -- New England -- History Diseases -- Religious aspects -- Puritans.
Department	Department of History
Advisor	Hermes, Katherine A.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	703255318
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