| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations |
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Religion in North America ; v. 31 |
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Religion in North America ; v. 31.
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| Contents |
Maryland's raison d'etre -- Private lives -- Religion in the New World -- Women and religion -- Religion, property, and the family -- Free will Christian women's public authority |
| Summary |
Religious conflicts had a pronounced effect on women and their families in early modern England, but our understanding of that impact is limited by the restrictions that prevented the open expression of religious beliefs in the post-Reformation years. More can be gleaned by shifting our focus to the New World, where gender relations and family formations were largely unhampered by the unsettling political and religious climate of England. In Maryland, English Arminian Catholics, Particular Baptists, Presbyterians, Puritans, Quakers, and Roman Catholics lived and worked together for most of the 17th century. By closely examining thousands of wills and other personal documents, as well as early Maryland's material culture, this transatlantic study depicts women's place in society and the ways religious values and social arrangements shaped their lives. Common Whores, Vertuous Women, and Loveing Wives takes a revisionist approach to the study of women and religion in colonial Maryland and adds considerably to our understanding of the social and cultural importance of religion in early America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-234) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Women -- Maryland -- History
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Women and religion -- Maryland -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Women
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Women and religion
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Religionssoziologie
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Frau
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Vrouwen.
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Godsdienst.
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| SUBJECT |
Maryland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081754
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Maryland
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Maryland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0253109744 |
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9780253109743 |
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0253101778 |
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9780253101778 |
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1282072013 |
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9781282072015 |
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9786612072017 |
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6612072016 |
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