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Known as "separatists," these Puritans left their homeland and in 1609 moved to Leiden, Holland, where they hoped to worship freely, without harassment from church authorities. Some members of the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The word Puritan comes from ‘purity’ or ‘purify’. These were extreme Protestants who wanted to purify the ...

Known as "separatists," these Puritans left their homeland and in 1609 moved to Leiden, Holland, where they hoped to worship freely, without harassment from church authorities. Some members of the ...