What Is William Bradford's Account Of What Happened At Plymouth Plantation
Perhaps what we fail to realize is that the Puritan belief of Divine Providence consumed every single aspect of the Puritan lifestyle. From the moment they woke up, until the moment they crawled back into bed, the inhabitants of the first settlements of New England believed that the cause of every occurrence was the Christian God. Every action, and it's according reaction, was directly designed and destined to happen because God chose it to be so.
William Bradford, one of these Puritans, was not only the first governor of the first Puritan settlement, Plymouth, but was also it's first historian. Our first accounts of the Plymouth inhabitants, in turn, come to us by way of Bradford's detailed accounts of what happened at Plymouth Plantation. However, one can argue that because of Bradford's Puritan beliefs, his account may be slightly biased, and not completely precise as to what truly happened at the Plymouth settlement. Or perhaps Bradford's account is completely accurate, and it is only a matter of the reader's perceptive of William Bradford's account. When taken …show more content…
The physical action of a man falling off a boat, and an indian helping the white man grow corn are historical truths in their own rights, and cannot be changed from the truth by any religious perspective. How and why these actions occurred, however, can be reasoned differently. William Bradford was a brilliant writer, one whom because of his religious background, wrote about events and occasions in a way much different to how we would see them in modern day. This should not however, impact in any way the reliability of the historical context. Religious truths and historical truths have always and will always continue to be clashing titans. Perhaps one day the line that separates the two will disappear, and the real truth will become all that is
William Bradford, one of these Puritans, was not only the first governor of the first Puritan settlement, Plymouth, but was also it's first historian. Our first accounts of the Plymouth inhabitants, in turn, come to us by way of Bradford's detailed accounts of what happened at Plymouth Plantation. However, one can argue that because of Bradford's Puritan beliefs, his account may be slightly biased, and not completely precise as to what truly happened at the Plymouth settlement. Or perhaps Bradford's account is completely accurate, and it is only a matter of the reader's perceptive of William Bradford's account. When taken …show more content…
The physical action of a man falling off a boat, and an indian helping the white man grow corn are historical truths in their own rights, and cannot be changed from the truth by any religious perspective. How and why these actions occurred, however, can be reasoned differently. William Bradford was a brilliant writer, one whom because of his religious background, wrote about events and occasions in a way much different to how we would see them in modern day. This should not however, impact in any way the reliability of the historical context. Religious truths and historical truths have always and will always continue to be clashing titans. Perhaps one day the line that separates the two will disappear, and the real truth will become all that is