02749nam 22006854a 450 991045270670332120211005204040.01-60256-452-397866123673661-4237-3532-30-19-988177-41-280-53529-61-282-36736-697866105352930-19-803306-0(CKB)1000000000521308(SSID)ssj0000103784(PQKBManifestationID)11132840(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103784(PQKBWorkID)10072119(PQKB)10799406(MiAaPQ)EBC241279(MiAaPQ)EBC4964298(Au-PeEL)EBL241279(CaPaEBR)ebr10087273(CaONFJC)MIL236736(OCoLC)936913621(MiAaPQ)EBC886573(Au-PeEL)EBL4964298(CaONFJC)MIL53529(OCoLC)1027201278(EXLCZ)99100000000052130820020315d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAnne Orthwood's bastard[electronic resource] sex and law in early Virginia /John Ruston PaganNew York Oxford University Press2003222 p. mapBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-514479-1 0-19-514478-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-211) and index."Anne Orthwood's Bastard" tells the story of a maidservant from Bristol, England who emigrated to Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1662, became pregnant by a caddish nephew of a colonial politician, and died in childbirth, leaving an illegitimate son and a host of knotty legal problems. Through a study of the four cases stemming from this birth and the people involved, Pagan uses the community's response to illuminate the emerging distinctiveness of early American law. He argues that the peculiar structure of Virginia's economy and labour system accounts for many of the differences between colonial and English law, and contends that Virginia leaders skilfully shaped legal doctrines and institutions to serve their own agenda.Sex and lawVirginiaHistory17th centuryIllegitimacyVirginiaHistory17th centuryElectronic books.Sex and lawHistoryIllegitimacyHistory364.15/3Pagan John Ruston627065MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452706703321Anne Orthwood's bastard1216905UNINA