Distinguished by the critical value it assigns to law in Puritan
society, this study describes precisely how the Massachusetts legal
system differed from England's and how equity and an adapted common law
became so useful to ordinary individuals. The author discovers that law
gradually replaced religion and communalism as the source of social
stability, and he gives a new interpretation to the witchcraft
prosecutions of 1692.
Originally published 1979.
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