| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion in North America ; v. 31
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Religion in North America ; v. 31.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-234) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Maryland's raison d'etre -- Private lives -- Religion in the New World -- Women and religion -- Religion, property, and the family -- Free will Christian women's public authority. |
| Summary |
Religious conflicts had a pronounced effect on women and their families in early modern England, but our understanding of that impact is limited by the restrictions that prevented the open expression of religious beliefs in the post-Reformation years. More can be gleaned by shifting our focus to the New World, where gender relations and family formations were largely unhampered by the unsettling political and religious climate of England. In Maryland, English Arminian Catholics, Particular Baptists, Presbyterians, Puritans, Quakers, and Roman Catholics lived and worked together for most of the 17th century. By closely examining thousands of wills and other personal documents, as well as early Maryland's material culture, this transatlantic study depicts women's place in society and the ways religious values and social arrangements shaped their lives. Common Whores, Vertuous Women, and Loveing Wives takes a revisionist approach to the study of women and religion in colonial Maryland and adds considerably to our understanding of the social and cultural importance of religion in early America. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Maryland -- History.
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Women. |
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Maryland. |
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History. |
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Women and religion -- Maryland -- History.
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Women and religion. |
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Maryland -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Title |
Common whores, virtuous women, and loving wives |
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Common whores, virtuous women, and loveing wives |
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Common whores, vertuous women, and loving wives |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Meyers, Debra, 1956- Common whores, vertuous women, and loveing wives. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2003 0253341930 (DLC) 2002010626 (OCoLC)50184818 |
| ISBN |
0253109744 (electronic book) |
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9780253109743 (electronic book) |
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0253101778 |
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9780253101778 |
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0253341930 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253341938 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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