Crime and mentalities in early modern England /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gaskill, Malcolm
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
Subjects:
Crime > England > History.
Criminalité > Angleterre > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime.
Kriminalität
Mentalität
Verbrechen
Mentaliteitsgeschiedenis.
Criminaliteit.
Rechtspraak.
England.
England
Crimen > Inglaterra > Historia.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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