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Murder in Shakespeare's England

Autor Vanessa McMahon (Parkins)
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 sep 2006
Fascination with murder is not a modern phenomenon. People in the past were just as interested in extreme violence and homicide as people nowadays. In seventeenth-century England all excessive and gratuitous violence was condemned and prosecuted, with murderers being categorized as particularly wicked. The courtrooms where murderers were tried were packed and crowds attended their execution. Ballads about notorious cases and prints reflected the huge interest such cases generated. Yet, in a world with no police and little forensic expertise, identification, pursuit and prosecution presented many difficulties. Murder in Shakespeare's England looks at a series of murder cases, ranging from brawls to infanticide, and including serial and sex killings, to paint a picture of how murder was committed, discovered and punished in Stuart England.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781852855369
ISBN-10: 1852855363
Pagini: 285
Ilustrații: 11
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:New ed
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hambledon Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Looks at how people murdered, how they were discovered and punished.Author draws on a wealth of previously-unpublished contemporary archive material. The book is a must-buy for those interested in Shakespearian England in all its grittiness.

Cuprins

Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface
Notes on Quotations
Introduction
1 Investigating Crime
2 Supernatural Sleuths
3 Bodies
4 Infant Corpses
5 Husbands and Wives
6 Disrupted Households
7 Poison: A Women's Weapon
8 Murderous Mothers
9 Child-Killers
10 Brawling and Duelling
11 The Usual Suspects
12 Serial Killers and Sex Crimes
13 Punishment
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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