Women, murder, and equity in early modern England /
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 illumina...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New York ; London :
Routledge,
2008.
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| Edice: | Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture.
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| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=214272 |
| Shrnutí: | 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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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Médium: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203935125 0203935128 9781135899400 1135899401 9781135899448 1135899444 9781135899455 1135899452 1281102016 9781281102010 9786611102012 6611102019 9780415961158 0415961157 9780415542562 |