Coroners of Northern Britain C. 1300-1700

Informationen zum Autor Robert Allan Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University, UK, as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College). Klappentext For the last 800 years coroners have been important in England's legal and political landscape, best known as investigators of sudden, suspicious, or unexplained death. Against the background of the coroner's role in historic England, this book explains how sudden death was investigated by magistrates in Scotland. Zusammenfassung For the last 800 years coroners have been important in England's legal and political landscape! best known as investigators of sudden! suspicious! or unexplained death. Against the background of the coroner's role in historic England! this book explains how sudden death was investigated by magistrates in Scotland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The History of Coroners in Britain 1. Coroners in England, Wales, and Ireland: An Overview of the Development of their Roles 2. Investigating Sudden Death in Scotland: The Task of Local Magistrates 3. Scottish Coroners: Origins and Development of the Office to c.1500 4. Scottish Coroners from c.1500 until their Disappearance in the Eighteenth Century 5. Regional and National Histories: Similarities and Differences between the Coroners of Northern Britain Conclusion: Coroners and British History

About the author

Robert Allan Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University, UK, as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College).

Product details

• Authors: R Houston, R. Houston, Rab Houston
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2014
• EAN: 9781137381064
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38106-4
• No. of pages: 123
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Geschichte, England, C, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Britain, Cultural History, History, European History, Westeuropa, Social History, Scotland, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Science, Social and cultural history, Western Europe, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Europe—History—1492-, History of Early Modern Europe, Science—History, ca. 1500 bis zur Gegenwart, eighteenth century