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Taming Lust : Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic /

This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the regi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ben-Atar, Doron S. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brown, Richard D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the region.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (216 pages): illustrations, tables
ISBN:9780812209259