The Virtuous and Violent Women of Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts /

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"Dismantling the image of the peaceful and serene colonial goodwife and countering the assumption that New England was inherently less violent than other regions of colonial America, Emily C. K. Romeo offers a revealing look at acts of violence by Anglo-American women in colonial Massachusetts,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Romeo, Emily C. K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Violence.
Puritans.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Family violence > Law and legislation.
Sex role > Religious aspects > Puritans.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Family violence > Law and legislation > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Violence > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Puritans > Rhode Island > Providence > History > 17th century.
Puritans > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Puritan women > Massachusetts > Social conditions > 17th century.
Rhode Island > Providence.
Massachusetts.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The limits of household violence : order and disorder
  • From "that wicked house" : women and infanticide
  • Almost inconceivable foes : Anglo-American women and Indian war
  • "The Devil will bless himself, to find such a convenient lodging":
  • Women and the witchcraft threat
  • Female violence : from potential threat to cultural weapon.

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