Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-415-96115-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Randall

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction

2 Equity and self-defense in female homicide news

3 Confession, conversion, and tactical resistance

4 Women and Poison

5 Changing representations of infanticide and child murder

6 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Randall Martin is Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick.