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

by Roger Thompson

Book Overview

"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. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870236563
• ISBN13: 9780870236563
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher