William Penn
A Life
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 13 December 2018
- ISBN 9780190234249
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages488 pages
- Size 241x165x33 mm
- Weight 816 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 24 0
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Short description:
It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years, Andrew R. Murphy takes readers through the defiant and complex life of a religious dissenter, political theorist, and social activist.
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On March 4, 1681, King Charles II granted William Penn a charter for a new American colony. Pennsylvania was to be, in its founder's words, a bold "Holy Experiment" in religious freedom and toleration, a haven for those fleeing persecution in an increasingly intolerant England and across Europe. An activist, political theorist, and the proprietor of his own colony, Penn would become a household name in the New World, despite spending just four years on American soil.
Though Penn is an iconic figure in both American and British history, controversy swirled around him during his lifetime. In his early twenties, Penn became a Quaker-an act of religious as well as political rebellion that put an end to his father's dream that young William would one day join the English elite. Yet Penn went on to a prominent public career as a Quaker spokesman, political agitator, and royal courtier. At the height of his influence, Penn was one of the best-known Dissenters in England and walked the halls of power as a close ally of King James II. At his lowest point, he found himself jailed on suspicion of treason, and later served time in debtor's prison.
Despite his importance, William Penn has remained an elusive character-many people know his name, but few know much more than that. Andrew R. Murphy offers the first major biography of Penn in more than forty years, and the first to make full use of Penn's private papers. The result is a complex portrait of a man whose legacy we are still grappling with today. At a time when religious freedom is hotly debated in the United States and around the world, William Penn's Holy Experiment serves as both a beacon and a challenge.
Andrew Murphy's William Penn: A Life is a long overdue, revisionary interpretation of this icon in America's pantheon. Readers of all stripes will welcome this addition to their bookshelf of Americana.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Guide to Notes and Abbreviations
Prologue
Chapter 1 - Origins
Chapter 2 - A Young Man on the Move
Chapter 3 - Cork and Convincement
Chapter 4 - Celebrity
Chapter 5 - The Great Opinionist
Chapter 6 - American Affairs and Popish Plots
Chapter 7 - Penn's Woods
Chapter 8 - To America and Back Again
Chapter 9 - Trouble on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Chapter 10 - Seclusion and Solitude
Chapter 11 - A Return to Public Life
Chapter 12 - Pirates, Penn, and the Pennsylvanians
Chapter 13 - Back in England
Chapter 14 - William, Jr.
Chapter 15 - "Prison" and After
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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