Konig, David Thomas.

Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts : Essex County, 1629-1692. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (239 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Author's Note -- 1. English Law and Puritan Society: The Legal and Social Foundations of Order, 1629-1640 -- 2. Real Property Litigation: The Social and Economic Backgrounds of Legal Change -- 3. Outsiders and Subgroups: The Coordinative Function of the Court -- 4. From Communalism to Litigation: The Elevation of Law and Legal Forms -- 5. The Court and the Community: Law in a Postrevolutionary Puritan Society -- 6. Challenges to the Law: The Conflict of Legal and Extralegal Methods of Social Control -- 7. Law, Magic, and Disorder: The Crisis of the Interregnum, 1684-1692 -- 8. Epilogue: A Contentious and Well-Ordered People -- Bibliography -- Index -- A-B -- C -- D -- E-G -- H-J -- K-L -- M-N -- O-R -- S -- T-W -- Y.

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Essex County (Mass.)--History.


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