Women, murder, and equity in early modern England / Randall Martin.

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Martin, Randall, 1958-

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TextSeries: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culturePublication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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9780203935125
0203935128
9781135899400
1135899401
9781135899448
1135899444
9781135899455
1135899452
1281102016
9781281102010
9786611102012
6611102019

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women, murder, and equity in early modern England.DDC classification:

364.1520820942 22

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HV6535.G72 M378 2008eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Equity and self-defense in female homicide news -- Confession, conversion, and tactical resistance -- Women and poison -- Changing representations of infanticide and child murder -- Conclusion.

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Summary: This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-271) and index.

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This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.

English.

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