TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Charles Edward
TI  - Colonial Massachusetts Laws and Liberties and the English Commonwealth: State Formation, the Rule of Law, and the People’s Welfare 
T2  - Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025
SN  - 9789004706347
AV  - KFM2478 
U1  - 349.74409/03 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill | Nijhoff
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - History
KW  - Colonial period, ca.1600-1775
KW  - Law
KW  - Rule of law
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- The English Commonwealth and the Protestant Reformation -- 1  Massachusetts Capital Laws of 1642 -- 2  Education and Radical Religiosity -- Part 2 -- Creating a Legal Aut
N2  - 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 de
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004706347
ER  -