Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England e-bog
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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 grow...
E-bog
473,39 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
12 december 2007
Længde
300 sider
Genrer
Literary theory
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781135899448
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.