Author: Robert FergusonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
An Account of the Death of the Earl of Essex. Enquiry Into, and Detection of the Barbarous Murther of the Late Earl of Essex
Author: Robert FergusonAn enquiry into, and detection of the barbarous murther of the late earl of Essex, or a vindication of that noble person from the guilt and infamy of having destroy'd himself [by R. Ferguson.].
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Author: Robert FergusonRevolutionary Politics and Locke's Two Treatises of Government
Author: Richard AshcraftPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400823420
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
Richard Ashcraft offers a new interpretation of the political thought of John Locke by viewing his ideas, especially those in the Two Treatises of Government, in the context of his political activity. Linking the implications of Locke's political theory with his practical politics, Professor Ashcraft focuses on Locke's involvement with the radical Whigs, who challenged the established order in England from the 1670s to the 1690s. An equally important aim of the author is to provide a case study of a revolutionary movement that includes a discussion of its organization, ideology, socio-economic composition, and political activities. Based upon a detailed examination of manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, and newspapers, Professor Ashcraft presents a wealth of new historical evidence on the political life of Restoration England. This study represents an example of an approach to political theory that stresses the importance of authorial intentions and of the political, social, and economic influences that structure a particular political debate.
A catalogue of a miscellaneous collection of books
Author: John and Arthur ArchPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Cornish Characters and Strange Events
Author: Sabine Baring-GouldPublisher:
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Making Murder Public
Author: K. J. KesselringPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019257258X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Homicide has a history. In early modern England, that history saw two especially notable developments: one, the emergence in the sixteenth century of a formal distinction between murder and manslaughter, made meaningful through a lighter punishment than death for the latter, and two, a significant reduction in the rates of homicides individuals perpetrated on each other. Making Murder Public explores connections between these two changes. It demonstrates the value in distinguishing between murder and manslaughter, or at least in seeing how that distinction came to matter in a period which also witnessed dramatic drops in the occurrence of homicidal violence. Focused on the 'politics of murder', Making Murder Public examines how homicide became more effectively criminalized between 1480 and 1680, with chapters devoted to coroners' inquests, appeals and private compensation, duels and private vengeance, and print and public punishment. The English had begun moving away from treating homicide as an offence subject to private settlements or vengeance long before other Europeans, at least from the twelfth century. What happened in the early modern period was, in some ways, a continuation of processes long underway, but intensified and refocused by developments from 1480 to 1680. Making Murder Public argues that homicide became fully 'public' in these years, with killings seen to violate a 'king's peace' that people increasingly conflated with or subordinated to the 'public peace' or 'public justice.'
Mortal Remains
Author: Nancy IsenbergPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812208064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Mortal Remains introduces new methods of analyzing death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to 1860, untangling its influence on other forms of cultural expression, from religion and politics to race relations and the nature of war. In this volume historians and literary scholars join forces to explore how, in a medically primitive and politically evolving environment, mortality became an issue that was inseparable from national self-definition. Attempting to make sense of their suffering and loss while imagining a future of cultural permanence and spiritual value, early Americans crafted metaphors of death in particular ways that have shaped the national mythology. As the authors show, the American fascination with murder, dismembered bodies, and scenes of death, the allure of angel sightings, the rural cemetery movement, and the enshrinement of George Washington as a saintly father, constituted a distinct sensibility. Moreover, by exploring the idea of the vanishing Indian and the brutality of slavery, the authors demonstrate how a culture of violence and death had an early effect on the American collective consciousness. Mortal Remains draws on a range of primary sources—from personal diaries and public addresses, satire and accounts of sensational crime—and makes a needed contribution to neglected aspects of cultural history. It illustrates the profound ways in which experiences with death and the imagery associated with it became enmeshed in American society, politics, and culture.
Manuscripts, Upon Papyrus, Vellum, and Paper, in Various Languages
Author: Thorpe, Thomas, firm, booksellers, LondonPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1468
Book Description
Radical Whigs and Conspiratorial Politics in Late Stuart England
Author: Melinda S. ZookPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271039868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Collections and Notes
Author: William Carew HazlittPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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