Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699

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Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699 Roger Thompson
Type:	eBook
Released:	1986
Publisher:	University of Massachusetts Press
Page Count:	360
Format:	chm
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	0870235168
ISBN-13:	9780870235160

From Library Journal Thompson analyzes the court records of 17th century Middlesex County, searching for such sexually related crimes as fornication, breach of promise, sexual deviancy, and adultery.Sex in Middlesex: Popular ... Textbook His findings help shatter the traditional historical caricature of New England Puritans as patriarchal, dour wife-beaters and child-abusers, a myth eloquently created by Perry Miller and most recently reinforced by Lawrence Stone. In the court records Thompson discovers Puritans who exhibited "tolerance, mutual regard, affection, and prudent common sense" within the context of a popular Puritan piety. A well-written social history that places Puritanism in a human rather than an intellectual framework, Sex in Middlesex is recommended for all students of American history and the American family. David Szatmary, Continuing Education, Univ. of Washington, SeattleCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.