Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England - Rilegato

Gaskill, Malcolm

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ISBN 10: 0521572754 ISBN 13: 9780521572750

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Riassunto

Crime and law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. 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. In this sense the book is more than just a 'history from below': it is a history from within. Conversely, the book explores crime to shed light on the long-term development of English mentalities in general. To this end, three serious crimes - witchcraft, coining and murder - are examined in detail, revealing new and important 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.

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'... the book is a pioneering monument to the complexity of early modern mental worlds and the profound shifts they underwent.' The Historical Journal

Descrizione del libro:

This book explores the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal prosecution, and recovers their hidden social meanings. It also examines the crimes of witchcraft, coining and murder, in order to reveal new and important insights into how the thinking of ordinary people was transformed between 1550 and 1750.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521572754
• ISBN 13: 9780521572750
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 396