King Philip's War (Metacom's War) was a devastating conflict between New England colonists and Indigenous peoples; it produced an outpouring of Puritan providential literature interpreting the war as divine judgment.

Metacom's War in 1675 generated a wealth of captivity narratives and providential poetry that interpreted the conflict as a spiritual test. Mary Rowlandson's narrative and associated verse became foundational to American religious literature, reflecting the complexities of faith and survival amidst catastrophe.