True Spiritual Liberty E-Book

William Penn

• Herausgeber: Edizioni Aurora Boreale
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

William Penn (24 October 1644 - 10 August 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker, founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
He was an advocate and an early champion of democracy and religious freedom known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania prior to European settlements in the state.
True Spiritual Liberty, the Penn’s pamphlet that today we propose to modern readers, was written in 1681.

Leseprobe

SYMBOLS & MYTHS

WILLIAM PENN

TRUE SPIRITUAL LIBERTY

Edizioni Aurora Boreale

Title: True Spiritual Liberty

Author: William Penn

Publishing series: Symbols & Myths

Editing by Nicola Bizzi

ISBN: 979-12-5504-333-1

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INTRODUCTION BY THE PUBLISHER

William Penn (24 October 1644 - 10 August 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker, founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

He was an advocate and an early champion of democracy and religious freedom known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania prior to European settlements in the state.

Penn was born in 1644 at Tower Hill, London, the son of an English naval officer, Sir William Penn, and a Dutch woman, Margaret Jasper, who was widow of a Dutch sea captain and the daughter of a rich merchant from Rotterdam. Admiral Penn served in the Commonwealth Navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and was rewarded by Oliver Cromwell with estates in Ireland. The lands given to Penn had been confiscated from Irish Confederates who had participated in the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Admiral Penn took part in the restoration of King Charles II and was eventually knighted and served in the Royal Navy. At the time of his son's birth, then-Captain Penn was twenty-three and an ambitious naval officer in charge of blockading ports held by Confederate forces.