Crime, gender and social order in early modern England

Walker, Garthine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4093-8592 2003. Crime, gender and social order in early modern England. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Abstract

An extended study of gender and crime in early modern England. It considers the ways in which criminal behaviour and perceptions of criminality were informed by ideas about gender and order, and explores their practical consequences for the men and women who were brought before the criminal courts. Dr Walker's innovative approach demonstrates that, contrary to received opinion, the law was often structured so as to make the treatment of women and men before the courts incommensurable. For the first time, early modern criminality is explored in terms of masculinity as well as femininity. Illuminating the interactions between gender and other categories such as class and civil war have implications not merely for the historiography of crime but for the social history of early modern England as a whole. This study therefore goes beyond conventional studies, and challenges hitherto accepted views of social interaction in the period.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare K Law > KD England and Wales
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9780521573566
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Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 09:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3923

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