The Devil in Virginia: Fear in Colonial Jamestown, 1607-1622

This study examines the role of emotions – specifically fear – in the development and early stages of settlement at Jamestown. More so than any other factor, the Protestant belief system transplanted by the first settlers to Virginia helps explain the hardships the English encountered in the New Wor...

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Main Author: Sparacio, Matthew John
Other Authors: History
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31513
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03202010-123211/