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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
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?
