Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780367150785
Subjects: Puritans; Rhode island, history; Rhode island, social conditions; Married women, legal status, laws, etc.; Sex role; Freedom of religion; New england, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Description: "Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World examines the dynamics of marriage, family, and community life during the 'Great Migration' through the microhistorical study of one Puritan family in 1638 Rhode Island. Connecting migration studies, family and community studies, religious studies, and political philosophy, Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World will be of great interest to scholars of the English Atlantic World, American religious history, gender and violence, the history of New England, and the history of family"--