Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807840818)

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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Author: David Thomas Konig
ISBN-10: 0807840815
ISBN-13: 9780807840818
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1981
Pages: 241
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d