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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ...
Author: A Protestant Purgatory
Author: Laurie ThronessPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351961993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
How did the penitentiary get its name? Why did the English impose long prison sentences? Did class and economic conflict really lie at the heart of their correctional system? In a groundbreaking study that challenges the assumptions of modern criminal justice scholarship, Laurie Throness answers many questions like these by exposing the deep theological roots of the judicial institutions of eighteenth-century Britain. The book offers a scholarly account of the passage of the Penitentiary Act of 1779, combining meticulous attention to detail with a sweeping theological overview of the century prior to the Act. But it is not just an intellectual history. It tells a fascinating story of a broader religious movement, and the people and beliefs that motivated them to create a new institution. The work is original because it relies so completely on original sources. It is mystical because it mingles heavenly with earthly justice. It is authoritative because of its explanatory power. Its anecdotes and insights, poetry and song, provide intriguing glimpses into another era strangely familiar to our own. Of special interest to social and legal historians, criminologists, and theologians, this work will also appeal to a wider audience of those who are interested in Christianity's impact on Western culture and institutions.
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle
Author: The Gentleman's Magazine
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Category : Early English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer
Author: Edward CavePublisher:
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Category : Books and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Gentleman's Magazine, Or Monthly Intelligencer
Author: Sylvanus Urban (pseud. van Edward Cave.)Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;
Author: John NicholsPublisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature
Author: Robert WattPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Sir Leslie StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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