Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-85400-0 (ISBN)

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Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England is an original collection of thirty stories of true crime during the period 1580-1700. Published in short books known as chapbooks, these stories proliferated in early modern popular literature. The chapbooks included in this collection describe serious, horrifying and often deeply personal stories of murder and attempted murder, infanticide, suicide, rape, arson, highway robbery, petty treason and witchcraft.

These criminal cases reveal the fascinating complexities of early modern English society. The vivid depictions of these stories were used by the English church and state to describe the proper boundaries of behaviour, and the dangers that could result from the sins of avarice, apathy, vice or violence. Readers will learn about the public interest and involvement in crime and punishment and the way the criminal justice system was used to correct and deter criminal activity and restore social boundaries such as rank, gender, family, religion, and physical boundaries of person and property.

Perfect for the student reader, this collection provides guided access to these exciting sources. Each transcription is modernized and annotated and is preceded by a brief discussion of key historical context and themes. Including an introductory essay on the topic of the English criminal justice system in the early modern period, as well as a glossary of key terms in English criminal law, this is an ideal introduction for students of crime and criminal justice in England.

Ken MacMillan is Professor of History at the University of Calgary, Canada, where he researches and teaches about crime, law, and society in early modern England and the English Atlantic. His previous books include Sovereignty and Possession in the English New World: The Legal Foundations of Empire (2006) and The Atlantic Imperial Constitution: Center and Periphery in the English Atlantic World (2011).

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1.The Blood-Thirsty Papist 2.The Jealous Mercer and the Smitten Lover 3. The Strange Discovery of Sundry Murders 4. The Boy Without Any Fear 5. The Minister’s Mutilation and Murder 6. The Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Miracle 7. The Death of a Bawd 8.The Cripple’s Complaint and the Strumpet’s Repentance 9. The Hog-Keeper and Her Daughter 10. The Gentlewoman’s Unnatural Crimes 11. The Unhappy Litigant 12. The Life and Death of a Churlish Knave 13. The Witches of Faversham 14. The Baronet at the Bar 15. The Child-Killer of St. Olave 16. The Cavalier Killer Gets Pressed 17. The Gardener’s Gallows Reprieve 18. The Murderous Siblings of Monmouth 19. The Widow’s Murder 20. The Drover’s Suicide 21. The Roasted Apprentice 22. The Ordinary’s Work 23. The Beastly Highwaymen 24. The Fire in the Garrett 25. The Penitent Apprentice 26. The Common Witch, Goody Buts 27. The Madness of Mary Philmore 28. The French Midwife’s Miserable Moan 29. The Wicked Life of Captain Harrison 30. The Soldier and the Magpie Glossary Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.4.2015
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-138-85400-X / 113885400X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-85400-0 / 9781138854000
Zustand	Neuware