In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. Patrick Erben challenges the long-standing historical myth — first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin — that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. He deftly traces the pansophist and Neoplatonist philosophies of European reformers that informed the radical English and German Protestants who founded the “holy experiment.” Their belief in hidden ...

William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two American colonies, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As such, his career was marked by controversy and contention in both England and America. This volume looks at William Penn with fresh eyes, bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess his multifaceted life and career. Contribu...

Francis Daniel Pastorius was one of the first German settlers to Pennsylvania and a touchstone figure of German-American cultural heritage. This monumental anthology presents a selection of his many writings in one volume.Pastorius sailed to North America as a Pietist but found a unique home among the Quakers in Pennsylvania. Within this early modern religious context, he was a lawyer, educator, and community leader; a polymath; and a prolific writer and collector of knowledge. At ...

DIESER KUSS IST EIN VERSPRECHEN von KAREN TOLLER WHITTENBURGEs ist wie im Märchen: Monty erbt ein Schloss in Frankreich! Doch kaum angekommen, gerät sie in Lebensgefahr. Ihr Gärtner Sebastian rettet sie – und gewinnt dabei ihr Herz. Noch ahnt Monty nicht, dass er nicht nur ihre Liebe will, sondern auch das Anwesen!TAUSEND ROSEN AM MITTELMEER von PENNY ROBERTDie junge Floristin Sophie erbt einen Blumenladen an der Côte d’Azur – leider ...