Earle reconstructs a Puritan Sunday in detail: the fortified meeting-houses, the drums, horns and conch shells that called people to worship, the box pews and the seating of the congregation by rank, the tithingman prodding sleepers, sermons that ran for hours, and meeting-houses so cold the communion bread froze.
A lively, well-researched classic of social history, full of odd and memorable detail. Download the free EPUB.