![]() ![]() The Pilgrims were by then discovering the disadvantages of life in Holland, where war threatened. Starting with a description of the land the Pilgrims would encounter, then conditions in Europe and especially Plymouth, England, just before 1620, and the Mayflower voyage, the author then steps back to describe the religious, economic and social problems faced by men and women who rejected the established church and its rules. ![]() The scope of the research can be judged by thirty-four closely printed pages of references. Bunker constructs a detailed, wide-ranging account, not just of the voyage and settlement, which takes up a relatively small proportion of the whole, but of the circumstances which drove the Pilgrims to Holland, then New England. Why did the Pilgrims set sail in the Mayflower, and what has been their influence on both American and English history? This copiously researched book delves into hitherto ignored archives as well as consulting archaeology, linguistics and landscape. ![]()
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