Crime and mentalities in early modern England / Malcolm Gaskill.

  • Gaskill, Malcolm.
Date:
2000
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Physical description

xiii, 377 pages ; 24 cm.

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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?.

Bibliographic information

Includes index and bibliography: p. [312]-364.

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Where to find it

  • Copy 1

    LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JQP.41.AA6
  • Copy 2

    LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    JQP.41.AA6

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ISBN

  • 0521572754