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Author Hambleton, Else L., 1944-

Title Daughters of Eve : pregnant brides and unwed mothers in seventeenth-century Massachusetts / Else L. Hambleton
Published New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 192 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in American popular history and culture
American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
Contents "The world fill'd with a generation of bastards" : the Puritans and extramarital sex -- "I threatened I would mark him" : religion, sexuality, and gender ideology -- "I know thy condition, alas, poor wench" : a quantitative analysis of illegitimate fornication prosecutions in Essex County quarterly court, 1640-1645 -- "Priscilla was fined, the child died" : a quantitative analysis of illegitimate fornication prosecutions in the Essex County quarterly court, 1665-1685 -- "I am a poor destitute creature" : sociological aspects of illegitimacy in Essex County, 1640-1685 -- Listening to women's voices : summaries of selected fornication cases, Essex County, 1640-1685 -- "She being presented for fornication" : pregnant brides in seventeenth-century Essex County -- "Cover our faces with shame" : sociological aspects of premarital pregnancy -- "Playing the rogue" : rape and issues of consent in seventeenth-century Massachusetts -- Conclusions
Summary This study examines cases of fornication, bastardy, and paternity cases brought before the courts in Essex County, Massachusetts between 1640 and 1692
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Unmarried mothers -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
Fornication -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
Illegitimacy -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
Sexual ethics -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood.
Fornication
Illegitimacy
Puritans
Sexual ethics
Unmarried mothers
Massachusetts -- Essex County
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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