Colonial Massachusetts Laws And Liberties And The English Commonwealth
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Colonial Massachusetts Laws and Liberties and the English Commonwealth
Author | : Charles Edward Smith |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2024-09-26 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9004706348 |
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On July 4, 1653, the Nominate or Barebones Parliament convened with a minority of committed radicals (Levellers and religious extremists) and a conservative majority of Cromwell’s allies. During acrimonious debates on law reform, the radicals demanded a condensed law book similar to the one adopted in Colonial Massachusetts. These mostly overlooked events reveal a radical wing of Puritanism determined to found a self-governing state, fully cognizant of the real possibility that England would interdict such attempts by force of arms. This work investigates the motives for such a hazardous undertaking, and the possible influences these events had on the colony’s posterity.
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