Lectures and Discussion Forums Introductions and Background Who were the Puritans? Why do the Puritans Matter Today? Native People in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts I: Names and Language Native People in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts II: Weetamoo and the Praying Indians West Africans in Early New England: Enslavement, Culture, and Influential People All About Angels and Their Impact on the Puritans Uniquely “American” Puritans? Exploring Media Objects: Magnalia Christi Americana Salvation in America: Puritan Conversion Narratives as American Media The Second Commandment: Media and Representation What Does It Mean?: Puritans and (Biblical) Interpretation Unusual Puritan Media: What You Might Not Expect Divine Impressions: Translating Spiritual Media Look and Feel: Early New England Books Portraits, People, and Perspective: The Function of the Puritan Portrait in New England Exploring Media Objects: The Bay Psalm Book Speech and Writing: Is There More to These Media Than We Think? So How Literate Was Early New England? Puritan Love of Logic: The Impact of Petrus Ramus Putting it to Memory: Speech and Memorization in Puritan Society Speaking, Writing, and Fighting in Early New England Mixing It Up: Hybrid and Alternative Modes of Communication Communicating Across Boundaries: Wampanoag and English Communication systems Genre and Puritan Diaries: Multiplication and Mixing Alternative Publications: Passing Notes Native Common Pots and English Towns: The Space of Early New England