Author: Elizabeth RidgwayPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
A true relation of four most barbarous ... murders committed in Leicester-shire by Elizabeth Ridgeway
A true Relation of four most barbarous and cruel murders committed in Leicester-Shire, by Elizabeth Ridgway, etc
Author: Elizabeth RIDGEWAYA True Relation of Four Most Barbarous and Cruel Murders Committed in Leicestershire by Elizabeth Ridgway
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Category : Leicestershire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
A True Relation of Four Most Barbarous and Cruel Muders Committed in Leicester-shire by Elizabeth Ridgway
Author: The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester
Author: John NicholsCrimes & Criminals of 17th Century Britain
Author: Daniel J. CoddPublisher: Grub Street Publishers
ISBN: 1526706105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Think the world is bad today? Then take a true-crime trip back in time to 1600s England, where violence, robbery, and cold-blooded murder ran amuck. These days, criminals and evildoers are stopped, caught, and punished every day. But how did people deal with crimes before the police, computer records, and a consistent judicial system even existed? Here are the stories of some of the most heinous, shocking, and unbelievable transgressions of the law in seventeenth century England, raising questions such as . . . Which murderer committed an atrocity at an East End brothel in 1691? What superstitions lay behind the unfathomable slaughter of three innocent children at a remote farmhouse in County Durham in 1683? When was a parish constable murdered in cold blood by a party of men that allegedly included the illegitimate son of King Charles II? Where did deadly confrontations occur between supporters and opponents of King James II during the so-called Bloodless Revolution of 1688? These cases, and many more, are explored in depth, harkening back to a time of witch hunts, dueling, and political assassinations, when the punishment for killing one’s fellow man was either more barbaric than the crime itself, or corruptly lenient. Illustrated throughout and shedding a unique light on the era, Crimes & Criminals of 17th Century Britain is the first work of its kind to explore the monstrous murders that occurred at a time when the nation was repeatedly plunged into chaos.
Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England
Author: Randall MartinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135899444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
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.
Catalogue ...of the Renowned Library Formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks
Author: Sydney Richardson Christie-MillerPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain
Author: Andrea ZuvichPublisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526753081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
An expert in Stuart England examines the sexual lives of Britons in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in this frank, informative, and revealing history. Acclaimed Stuart historian Andrea Zuvich explores the sexual mores of Stuart Britain, including surprising beliefs, bizarre practices, and ingenious solutions for infertility, impotence, sexually transmitted diseases, and more. Along the way, she reveals much about the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior. Zuvich sheds light not only on the saucy love lives of the Royal Stuarts, but also on the dark underbelly of the Stuart era with histories of prostitution, sexual violence, infanticide, and sexual deviance. She looks at everything from what was considered sexually attractive to the penalties for adultery, incest, and fornication. Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain touches on the fashion, food, science, art, medicine, magic, literature, love, politics, faith and superstition of the day.