Overview
Crime and the law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. This book attempts to reach further than most conventional treatments of the subject, to explore the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal prosecution, and to recover their hidden social meanings. It also examines in detail the crimes of witchcraft, coining--counterfeiting and coin-clipping--and murder, in order to reveal new and important insights into how the thinking of ordinary people was transformed between 1550 and 1750.
- | Author: Malcolm Gaskill
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 30, 2003
- | Number of Pages: 396 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0521531187
- | ISBN-13: 9780521531184
