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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Forfeiture in Scotland
- Forfeiture in England and Wales
- Burial practices
- Corporal punishment
- Conclusion to Part 1
- The secularization of suicide
- Newspapers and public opinion : neutralizing suicide?