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Punishing the dead? : suicide, lordship, and community in Britain, 1500-1830 /

An original work that shows how treatments of and attitudes towards suicide can illuminate our understanding of the social, political, and cultural history of early modern Britain.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houston, R. A. (Robert Allan), 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:
Suicide > Social aspects > Great Britain > History.
Medicine > History > 17th century.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Suicide > history
Punishment > history
Social Conditions > history
Public Opinion > history
Social Behavior > history
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
United Kingdom
Suicide > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
PSYCHOLOGY > Suicide.
Medicine
Suicide > Social aspects
Great Britain
1600-1799
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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