Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts
Essex County, 1629-1692
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
Published:30th Jan '81
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Distinguished by the critical value it assigns to law in Puritan society, this study describes precisely how the Massachusetts legal system differed from England's and how equity and an adapted common law became so useful to ordinary individuals. The author discovers that law gradually replaced religion and communalism as the source of social stability, and he gives a new interpretation to the witchcraft prosecutions of 1692.
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ISBN: 9780807840818
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 333g
241 pages
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