Crime, Gender and Social Order in Early Modern England

Informationen zum Autor Garthine Walker is Lecturer in History, School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University. Klappentext The first study of how masculinity and femininity informed criminal behaviour in early modern England. Zusammenfassung This is the first study of how masculinity and femininity informed criminal behaviour and the treatment of men and women before the courts of early modern England. It shows that women were not treated leniently by the courts! and casts fresh light on the complexities of everyday life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Men's non-lethal violence; 3. Voices of feminine violence; 4. Homicide, gender and justice; 5. Theft and related offences; 6. Authority, agency and law; 7. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Walker Garthine, Garthine Walker, Garthine (Cardiff University) Walker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521091176
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09117-6
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous