A Good Death, Puritan-Style.

In our last post, we journeyed a little into the Early Modern Period (1500-1800) and explored some of the Malleus Maleficarum, and its influence on the concept of the Devil, women, piety, and sex. We also explored who controlled all of those narratives: men. Women’s bodies were examined for witches' or Devil's marks - where their familiars (a demonic animal that helped a witch in their harmful magical workings against people, animals, and property) suckled blood for sustena

When the Devil gets into the Puritan bedroom, the Patriarchy showed it's true nature: fear.

No pitchfork needed to make an impression.

They did it for love. Or, at least, they were supposed to.

Girls were taught to read, but not for equality.

The Puritan view of birthdays really takes the cake.

We’ve all seen them. They are seemingly everywhere the topic of Puritans is discussed - those 19th-century paintings depicting them dressed in somber, black clothes and white shirts with huge collars and a ridiculously large buckle on their hats. What if I told you that was a lie?Many of the misconceptions we have about Puritans stem from the 19th-century. Those pesky Victorians loved history for sure. But here’s the catch: they didn’t necessarily care if it was accurate hist

For the Puritans, Church & State were intertwined.