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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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Martin, Randall, 1958-
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.
Saila:Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=214272
Aurkibidea:
  • Introduction
  • Equity and self-defense in female homicide news
  • Confession, conversion, and tactical resistance
  • Women and poison
  • Changing representations of infanticide and child murder
  • Conclusion.