Women, murder, and equity in early modern England /
[Book]
Randall Martin.
London :
Routledge,
2008.
1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) :
illustrations
Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-271) and index.
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.
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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 illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.
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Women, murder, and equity in early modern England.
0415961157
Murder-- England-- History-- 16th century.
Women murderers-- England-- History-- 16th century.