Chapter Nine Lutherans and the Law in New Netherland

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. Foreword xxiii
7. Introduction 1
8. “a well regulated country where justice and government prevail” 11
9. The Souls of New Amsterdam’s African American Children 27
10. Matters of “Trifling Moment” 37
11. The Declaration of Independence and the Dutch Legacy 55
12. Real Estate or Political Sovereignty? 67
13. Crimen Læsæ Maiestatis or Abuse of Power? 83
14. Imagining the Stadt Huys 105
15. Prosecution or Persecution? 117
16. Lutherans and the Law in New Netherland 127
17. A Flourishing City 149
18. Governors Island and the Origins of Religious Tolerance 163
19. Marital Litigations in New Netherland and Proprietary New York 187
20. English Law Through Dutch Eyes 207
21. Contributor Biographies 229
22. Index 235