The virtuous and violent women of seventeenth-century Massachusetts

The virtuous and violent women of seventeenth-century Massachusetts / Emily C. K. Romeo.

"Dismantling the image of the peaceful and serene colonial goodwife and countering the assumption that New England was inherently less violent than other regions of colonial America, Emily C. K. Romeo offers a revealing look at acts of violence by Anglo-American women in colonial Massachusetts,...

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Main Author: Romeo, Emily C. K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Puritan women > Massachusetts > Social conditions > 17th century.
Puritans > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Puritans > Rhode Island > Providence > History > 17th century.
Violence > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Family violence > Law and legislation > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Sex role > Religious aspects > Puritans.
Family violence > Law and legislation.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Puritans.
Violence.
Massachusetts.
Rhode Island > Providence.
History.
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