Format:
xiii, 377 pages
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2003 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
ISBN:
0511008759
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9780511008757
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9781139051897
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113905189X
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Content:
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?
Content:
"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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-364) and index
,
Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2003
,
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?
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511053726
Additional Edition:
ISBN 051105372X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0511150741
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511150746
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521572754
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521572750
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521531184
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521572754
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gaskill, Malcolm Crime and mentalities in early modern England Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000
Language:
English
Keywords:
England
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Kriminalität
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Geschichte 1550-1750
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England
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Kriminalität
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Geschichte 1550-1750
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Author information:
Gaskill, Malcolm 1967-
