Sleepless Souls - Suicide in Early Modern England (Oxford Studies in Social History)

Sleepless Souls - Suicide in Early Modern England (Oxford Studies in Social History)

by Michael Macdonald (Author), TerenceR.Murphy (Author)

Synopsis

Suicide was regarded as a heinous crime in Tudor and Stuart England; it was in practice de-criminalized, tolerated and even sentimentalized in Georgian England. The authors trace the causes of this dramatic change in attitude.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Edition: First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 29 Nov 1990

ISBN 10: 0198229194
ISBN 13: 9780198229193