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NEW ENGLAND AND THE BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI
BY VERNON STAUFFER, A. M.
Dean and Professor of New Testament and Church History Hiram College
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN THE
FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK
1918
COPYRIGHT, 1918
BY
VERNON STAUFFER
To
J. E., R. W., AND R. F.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 9
CHAPTER I
THE UNDERMINING OF PURITAN STANDARDS AND INSTITUTIONS
1. Rapid Disintegration of Puritanism after the Revolution 13
2. Ominous Discontent with the Standing Order 33
3. Alarms due to the Spread of Religious Radicalism and Scepticism 66
CHAPTER II
POLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND HYSTERIA
1. The Situation prior to 1798 103
2. The Situation from 1798 to 1800 122
CHAPTER III
THE EUROPEAN ORDER OF THE ILLUMINATI
1. The Rise and the Disappearance of the Order 142
2. The Legend of the Order and its Literary Communication to New England 186