Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692

Name: Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692
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Author: Konig, David T.
ISBN: 9780807813362

by Konig, David T.

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ISBN-13: 9780807813362
ISBN: 0807813362
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

AUTHOR

Konig, David T.

SUMMARY

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.Konig, David T. is the author of 'Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692' with ISBN 9780807813362 and ISBN 0807813362.

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