Description |
1 online resource (xix, 192 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in American popular history and culture |
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American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
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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
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Fornication -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
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Illegitimacy -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
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Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
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Sexual ethics -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- History -- 17th century
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood.
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Fornication
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Illegitimacy
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Puritans
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Sexual ethics
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Unmarried mothers
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Massachusetts -- Essex County
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0203486048 |
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0203516877 |
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9780203516874 |
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9780203486047 |
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0203486048 |
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9786610158201 |
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6610158207 |
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9780415948609 |
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0415948606 |
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9781135934316 |
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1135934312 |
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9781135934262 |
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1135934266 |
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9781135934309 |
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1135934304 |
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9780415649025 |
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0415649021 |
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