Wicked Ladies : Provincial Women, Crime and the Eighteenth-Century English Justice System.

By:

Durston, Gregory J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (341 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781443865999
1443865990
132205729X
9781322057293
1443842699
9781443842693

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wicked Ladies : Provincial Women, Crime and the Eighteenth-Century English Justice System.DDC classification:

364.374094209033

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HV6046 .D87 2013

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; chapter one -- introduction; chapter two -- prosecution and punishment; chapter three -- homicide and assault; chapter four -- infanticide and abortion; chapter five -- property crime; chapter six -- arson and coining; chapter seven -- general conclusion; bibliography; index.

Summary: In recent years, much has been published on women, crime and justice in English history. However, for a variety of reasons, particularly the ready availability of source material for the capital, such research has tended to have an overwhelmingly Metropolitan focus. This book aims to redress the balance for the 'long' eighteenth century by concentrating on women from outside the London area. Although vitally important to the wider country, the Metropolis always contained a small minority of t ...

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In recent years, much has been published on women, crime and justice in English history. However, for a variety of reasons, particularly the ready availability of source material for the capital, such research has tended to have an overwhelmingly Metropolitan focus. This book aims to redress the balance for the 'long' eighteenth century by concentrating on women from outside the London area. Although vitally important to the wider country, the Metropolis always contained a small minority of t ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.

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