I am fascinated by this show, especially the reaction of the non-Christians to the strict Sabbath-keeping of the Puritans.
Very strict... I can't wait to see the whole thing.
Religious observance was ordained by statute.
I'm not trying to be pedantic,but Colonial History is my "thing", they are portraying Pilgrims,ie Plymouth (Plimoth) settlers.
They were not all "Puritans" in the strict sense of the word, they would be more aptly described as "Sepertarists"and not all settlers were there for religious reasons.
Puritans settled Boston,later on and would in time overshadow and absorb the Plimoth colony.
The atheists had a fit about praying on the Sabbath. I'm praying for them, though.
I have about had it with the assertion that women were chattel though.
The feminazi's of the group keep asserting that, but it is flat horse manure.
If you even read just a tiny bit of John Winthrop's diary, you see how much he loved his wife, that he did not consider her someone to just order around.