SOCIAL NORMS &

BEHAVIORS IN
PURITAN ERA
RULES PUNISHMENTS
1.) Don't misuse the words of God Time in the stocks
2.) Don't get involved in government Whipping
3.) Don't wish bad things to happen to others   Stoning
4.) Don't pick fights Hanging
5.) Don't tell someone to do something they Dunking
shouldn't be doing Branding
6.) Don't complain Public shame
7.) Don't tell secrets Pressing
8.) Don't think badly about anyone or anything
9.) Don't compare yourself to others
10.) Don't be friends with people who disobey
the rules
11.) Don't take a long time to eat, no gourmandism
12.) Don't make bets
13.)A man could not kiss his wife in public or show
an alacrity behavior towards her
14.)Church attendance was necessary

GOURMANDISM: AN
ALACRITY: CHEERFUL APPRECIATION FOR
AND EAGER BEHAVIOUR FINE FOOD AND DRINK

CLOTHING
MEN & WOMEN
-lace could not be worn
-loose linen shirts
-length and width of a lady’s sleeve was
-breechets: short pants fastened on
decided by law
knees -skirts must be long enough to drag the
-long woolen socks
Belts were sometimes used floor
-sleevel jacket; vest-like -it was unladylike to show any ankle
-belts were sometimes worn -plain lesther shoes
-buckle-less leather shoes -long gowns or skirts
-hats which were large and wide- with a jacket
brimmed -hair covered by a coif
-apron usually worn
-coats or capes worn when rainy or
over clothes
cold

TRENDS IN

EXTRA: NAMES
Puritan names were used to:
-remind a child of moral qualities
-biblical characters
-family relations
-dead sibling

Work Cited:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jb7Y966lNSMvSLLHS2FEfw12Wbfq6LGt2CkE2hXywkw/e
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