Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692
(Part of the Studies in Legal History Series)
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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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Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807840815
ISBN13:9780807840818
Release Date:January 1981
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:241 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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