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Crime and mentalities in early modern England /
"Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England attempts to reach further than most conventional treatments of the subject, to explore the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal prosecution, and to recover their hidden social meanings." "Conversely, the book exploits crime to s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England attempts to reach further than most conventional treatments of the subject, to explore the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal prosecution, and to recover their hidden social meanings." "Conversely, the book exploits crime to shed light on the long-term development of English mentalities in general. To this end, three serious crimes - witchcraft, coining (counterfeiting and coin-clipping) and murder - are examined in detail, using a wide range of primary sources, revealing insights into how religious reform, state formation, secularisation, and social and cultural change (for example, the spread of literacy and the availability of print) may have transformed the thinking and outlook of most ordinary people between 1550 and 1750"--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 377 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-364) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511008759 9780511008757 9781139051897 113905189X 9780511053726 051105372X 0511150741 9780511150746 |