TY - BOOK AU - Cecil,Patrick AU - Erben,Patrick M. AU - Gallo,Marcus AU - Gill,Catie AU - Goode,Michael AU - Haefeli,Evan AU - Horning,Audrey AU - Mann,Emily AU - Mazzaferro,Alexander AU - Milroy,Elizabeth AU - Monroy,Rachel Love AU - Murphy,Andrew R. AU - Roeber,Catharine Dann AU - Sauer,Elizabeth AU - Smith,Sarah A.Morgan AU - Smolenski,John AU - Sowerby,Scott AU - Wanibuchi,Shuichi AU - Weimer,Adrian Chastain TI - The Worlds of William Penn SN - 9781978801806 PY - 2019///] CY - New Brunswick, NJ : PB - Rutgers University Press, KW - Pioneers KW - Pennsylvania KW - Biography KW - Quakers KW - HISTORY / General KW - bisacsh KW - William Penn, anniversary, religion, freedom, history, political science, Irish, English, American, Quaker, Pennsylvania, New Jersey N1 - restricted access N2 - William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two American colonies, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As such, his career was marked by controversy and contention in both England and America. This volume looks at William Penn with fresh eyes, bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess his multifaceted life and career. Contributors analyze the worlds that shaped Penn and the worlds that he shaped: Irish, English, American, Quaker, and imperial. The eighteen chapters in The Worlds of William Penn shed critical new light on Penn’s life and legacy, examining his early and often-overlooked time in Ireland; the literary, political, and theological legacies of his public career during the Restoration and after the 1688 Revolution; his role as proprietor of Pennsylvania; his religious leadership in the Quaker movement, and as a loyal lieutenant to George Fox, and his important role in the broader British imperial project. Coinciding with the 300th anniversary of Penn’s death the time is right for this examination of Penn’s importance both in his own time and to the ongoing campaign for political and religious liberty UR - https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978801806 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978801806 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781978801806/original ER -