THE PILGRIMS' BAN ON CHRISTMAS

BOOKS, ARTICLES

PRIMARY SOURCES

William Bradford, History of Plymouth Plantation (Boston: Little Brown, 1865).

 

Publick Notice - Massachusetts Bay Colony 1659

 

 

SECONDARY SOURCES

Francis J. Bremer and Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia, Volume 1. (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc. 2006), 341-342.

 

Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas (New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010).

 

Penne L. Restad, Christmas in America: A History (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1995).

 

Rachel N. Schnepper, “Yuletide’s Outlaws,” The New York Times (December 14, 2012).

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

Erik van Rheenen. “The Time Boston Banned Christmas,” Mental Floss. December 10, 2013.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54131/time-boston-banned-christmas

 

“When Christmas Was Banned in Boston,” Massachusetts Travel Journal.

http://masstraveljournal.com/places/boston-cambridge/when-christmas-was-banned-boston

 

“History of Christmas,” History.com. 2009. http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas

 

Sarah Mortimer. “The Civil Wars,” History Today Volume 62 Issue 10. October 10, 2012

http://www.historytoday.com/sarah-mortimer/civil-wars

 

Chris Durston. “Lords of Misrule: The Puritan War on Christmas 1642-50,” History Today Volume 35 Issue 12.

http://www.historytoday.com/chris-durston/lords-misrule-puritan-war-christmas-1642-60

 

“Houses in Early Plymouth Colony,” Caleb Johnson’s Mayflower History

http://mayflowerhistory.com/houses/

 

Pilgrim Hall Museum

http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/

 

Plimoth.Org

http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/who-were-pilgrims

 

“The Pilgrims,” History.com. 2009

http://www.history.com/topics/pilgrims

 

Education Portal

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-puritans-and-the-founding-of-the-new-england-colonies.html#lesson

 

William Bradford Biography

http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/william_bradford.htm

 

Sir Edmund Andros Biography

http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Andros_Sir_Edmund_1637-ca_1714

 

 

 

 

GRAPHICS and TIMELINES

 

TIMELINES

“Civil War and Revolution,” British Broadcasting Corporation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/civilwars_timeline_noflash.shtml

 

New England Puritans and Pilgrims

http://www.shmoop.com/new-england-puritans-pilgrims/timeline.html

 

THE SCIENCE of POTTERY

Chemistry of Pottery

http://www.rsc.org/education/eic/issues/2012July/chemistry-pottery-clay-glaze.asp

 

http://ceramics.org/knowledge-center/learn-about-ceramics

 

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pottery-cooked-start

 

VIDEO - SCIENCE OF POTTERY