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Meetinghouses of Early New England
Peter Benes
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Based on site visits and meticulous documentary research, Meetinghouses of Early New England identifies more than 2,200 houses of worship in the region during the period from 1622 to 1830, bringing many of them to light for the first time.
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Cover
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Contents
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Title Page
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Dedication
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Copyright
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Introduction: A New England Icon Reconsidered
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Part I. The Background
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1. The Meetinghouse and the Community
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2. The Meetinghouse and the Church
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3. The Builders
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4. Seating the Congregation
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Part II. The Architecture
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5. Meetinghouses of the Seventeenth Century
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6. Meetinghouses of the Eighteenth Century
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7. Meetinghouses of the Early Nineteenth Century
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Part III. Conclusions
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8. Some Theoretical Models
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9. Meetinghouse Architecture as Puritan Ecclesiology
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10: A Fleeting Image
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Epilogue
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Appendix A. Tables
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Appendix B. Chronological Checklist of Meetinghouses in New England and Long Island, 1622–1830
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Appendix C. Pinnacles, Pyramids, and Spires, 1651–1709
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Appendix D. Enlargements of Meetinghouses in New England by Cutting the Frame, 1723–1824
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Appendix E. Citations of Exterior Painting, 1678–1828
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Appendix F. Citations of Interior Painting, 1656–1817
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Appendix G. Meetinghouse Replications in New England, 1647–1828
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Notes
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Works Cited
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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About the Author
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Back Cover
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Published: 2012
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
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