Making Murder Public - Homicide in Early Modern England, 1480-1680

Making Murder Public explores the emergence, in the sixteenth century, of a formal distinction between murder and manslaughter and the significant reduction in the rates of homicides individuals perpetrated on each other.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Abbreviations and Conventions


• 1: Introduction


• 2: 'In Corona Populi': Early Modern Coroners and their Inquests


• 3: 'An Image of Deadly Feud': Recompense, Revenge, and the Appeal of Homicide


• 4: 'That Saucy Paradox': The Politics of Duelling in Early Modern England


• 5: 'For Publick Satisfaction': Punishment, Print, Plays, and Public Vengenance


• Conclusion


• Appendix I: The Records and the Database


• Bibliography

About the author

K.J. Kesselring is Professor of History at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is the author of a series of articles and essays on homicide and criminal forfeiture, and books on Mercy and Authority in the Tudor State and The Northern Rebellion of 1569. She has also edited or co-edited collections on The Trial of Charles I, Married Women and the Law: Coverture in England and the Common Law World (with Tim Stretton), and Crossing Borders: Boundaries and Margins in Medieval and Early Modern Britain (with Sara M. Butler).

Summary

Making Murder Public explores the emergence, in the sixteenth century, of a formal distinction between murder and manslaughter and the significant reduction in the rates of homicides individuals perpetrated on each other.

Additional text

Making Murder Public significantly advances our understanding of the making of a larger collective in England during the Early Modern period. It is far more than just a book about crime and should be read widely. It is also well written and richly documented.

Product details

• Authors: K. J. Kesselring, K.J. Kesselring, K.j. (Professor of History Kesselring
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780192863744
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286374-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; European History, LAW / Criminal Law / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Criminal law & procedure, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Criminal law: procedure and offences