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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Mentalities from crime
- The social meaning of witchcraft, 1560-1680
- Witches in society and culture, 1680-1750
- The problem of coiners and the law
- Towards a solution? Coining state and people
- Crimes of blood and their representation
- Murder: police, prosecution and proof
- A transition from belief to certainty?