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Crime, gender, and social order in early modern England / Garthine Walker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in early modern British historyPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 310 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511065736
  • 9780511065736
  • 0511116586
  • 9780511116582
  • 0511067860
  • 9780511067860
  • 9780511496110
  • 0511496117
  • 9786610160808
  • 6610160805
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crime, gender, and social order in early modern England.DDC classification:
  • 364.3/74 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6046 .W26 2003eb
Other classification:
  • 15.70
  • NT 6600
  • NW 2350
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; NOTE ON QUOTATIONS AND DATES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction; 2 Men's non-lethal violence; 3 Voices of feminine violence; 4 Homicide, gender and justice; 5 Theft and related offences; 6 Authority, agency and law; 7 Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary: This is the first study of how masculinity and femininity informed criminal behaviour and the treatment of men and women before the courts of early modern England. It shows that women were not treated leniently by the courts, and casts fresh light on the complexities of everyday life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; NOTE ON QUOTATIONS AND DATES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction; 2 Men's non-lethal violence; 3 Voices of feminine violence; 4 Homicide, gender and justice; 5 Theft and related offences; 6 Authority, agency and law; 7 Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

This is the first study of how masculinity and femininity informed criminal behaviour and the treatment of men and women before the courts of early modern England. It shows that women were not treated leniently by the courts, and casts fresh light on the complexities of everyday life.

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