Archives Of Maryland XLI ; Proceeding Of The Provincial Court Of Maryland (3) 1658-1662

In the terse language of a seventeenth-century courtroom, an entire colony comes to life. Every line here still matters. Archives Of Maryland XLI: Proceedings of the Provincial Court of Maryland (1658-1662) gathers authentic colonial court records from the crucial early years of the provincial court of Maryland, when law, land and allegiance in the colonial Chesapeake region were still being contested and defined. Preserved as historical legal documents and primary source records, these proceedings open a window onto colonial Maryland law, daily disputes, crime and punishment, and the fragile structures of authority under British colonial legal history. For anyone interested in early Maryland history, the depth and immediacy of the testimony, judgements and petitions make this a vivid reference for historians and an indispensable resource for genealogists tracing families across seventeenth century Maryland.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. Edited in the renowned Archives of Maryland collection, this volume offers a reliable text for academic work while remaining accessible to the curious general reader who wants to encounter the voices and conflicts of a formative colonial society first-hand. In this carefully prepared Alpha Editions volume, Archives Of Maryland XLI stands at the crossroads of legal history, social history and family history, appealing equally to scholars, students, local historians and classic-book collectors seeking a durable link to the earliest documentary record of Maryland.