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By examining wills and other personal documents, as well as early Maryland's material culture, this transatlantic study depicts women's place in society and the ways religious values and social arrangements shaped their lives. It takes a revisionist approach to the study of women and religion in colonial Maryland.

Common Whores Vertuous Women & Loveing Wives

Preliminary Table of Contents:



Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Maryland's Raison d'etre

2. Private Lives

3. Religion in the New World

4. Women and Religion

5. Religion, Property, and the Family

6. Free Will Christian Women's Public Authority

Conclusion

Selected Bibliography

Index