"Two Suns in One Firmament": John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, and the 1655 New Haven Sodomy Statute
This piece explores the origins of the anomalous 1655 New Haven statute against sodomy that broke with legal traditions and codes both in England and New England. A lengthy and extraordinarily specific piece of legislation, the New Haven law stands in stark contrast to the minimalist language favore...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Church history
Year: 2018, Volume: 87, Issue: 4, Pages: 1003-1028 |
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Cotton, John 1584-1652
/ Hooker, Thomas 1586-1647
/ New Haven, Conn.
/ Puritanism
/ Statute law
/ Sodomy
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church NCF Sexual ethics XA Law |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |