William Penn : a life /

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 acr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Murphy, Andrew R., 1967- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Penn, William, > 1644-1718. Pioneers > Pennsylvania > Biography. Quakers > Pennsylvania > Biography. Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1660-1688. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical. HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
Origins
A young man on the move
Cork, and convincement
Celebrity
"The Great Opinionist"
American affairs and Popish plots
Penn's Woods
To America and back again
Trouble on both sides of the Atlantic
Seclusion and solitude
Return to public life
Pirates, Penn, and the Pennsylvanians
Back in England
William Jr.
"Prison" and after
Epilogue.