[PDF.55gr] Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia

Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia

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 | #469098 in Books |  John Ruston Pagan |  2002-11-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.40 x.70 x8.10l,.65 | File type: PDF | 232 pages

 | Anne Orthwood s Bastard Sex and Law in Early Virginia

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Life, Love, and Law in Early Colonial Virginia|By Unholier Than Thou|I read this book for a college class and, holy cow, is it good. Pagan uses a series of court cases arising from a tryst in early colonial Virginia to open a window into the culture then under construction. The colonial authorities either modified or enforced English law in a manner deemed appropriate for the| ||"Pagan's Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and the Lawin Early Virginia spin engaging yarns that tie together the best of recent scholarship while also interweaving fresh historical questions and issues....the kind of work tailor-made to grip and hold the

In 1663, an indentured servant, Anne Orthwood, was impregnated with twins in a tavern in Northampton County, Virginia. Orthwood died soon after giving birth; one of the twins, Jasper, survived. Orthwood's illegitimate pregnancy sparked four related cases that came before the Northampton magistrates -- who coincidentally held court in the same tavern -- between 1664 and 1686. These interrelated cases and the decisions rendered in them are notable for the ways in which the...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia   |  John Ruston Pagan. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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