Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/AM3xMCO Daughters of Eve Pregnant Brides and Unwed Mothers in Seventeenth Century Essex County, Massachusetts By: Else L. Hambleton Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415948609, 0415948606 eText ISBN: 9781135934309, 1135934304 Edition: 1st Pages: 216 Copyright year: 2004 Format: EPUB Available from $ 21.18 USD SKU 9781135934309R90 This study examines cases of fornication, bastardy, and paternity cases brought before the courts in Essex County, Massachusetts between 1640 and 1692. Prosecution and conviction rates, sentencing patterns, and socio-economic data, as well as attitudes, were analyzed to determine that women who bore illegitimate children were punished more severely than their male partners, and regarded with contempt by the majority of women. Additional ISBNs 9780203486047, 9786610158201, 9781280158209, 9781135934309, 9781135934316, 9781135934262, 9780203516874, 0203486048, 6610158207, 1280158204, 1135934304, 1135934312, 1135934266, 0203516877, 9780415948609, 9780415649025, 0415948606, 0415649021
