Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692 (Studies in Legal History) - Hardcover

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Konig, David Thomas

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9780807813362: Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692 (Studies in Legal History)
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ISBN 10: 0807813362 ISBN 13: 9780807813362
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1979

Synopsis

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.

Originally published 1979.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date
1979
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807813362
ISBN 13 
9780807813362
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
241
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