Religion 109 - FY Sem: Anne Hutchinson

An examination of the documents, trial records, historical responses, and continuing scholarship on this woman who was admired by her friends, scorned by her church, and banished from the early Boston community. Two hundred years later she was used by Nathaniel Hawthorne as the model for Hester Prynne in THE SCARLET LETTER. Students will read primary materials and write a number of critical and evaluative papers.

This course is limited to first-year students.