Daughters of Eve - Pregnant Brides and Unwed Mothers in Seventeenth Century Essex County, Massachusetts
24-May-2012, Thursday
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. Couples who married following out-of-wedlock sex faced less opprobrium and were reintegrated into the community following a series of humiliating shame rituals.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,