Punishing the dead?: suicide, lordship, and community in britain, 1500-1830

A strikingly original work that shows how treatments of and attitudes towardssuicide can illuminate our understanding of the social, political, and cultural history of early modern Britain. INDICE: INTRODUCTION; PART I: PUNISHING THE DEAD; INTRODUCTION: PENALTIES AGAINST SUICIDE IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT; SECTION 1: FORFEITURE IN SCOTLAND; SECTION 2: FORFEITURE IN ENGLAND; SECTION 2A: LOCAL FRANCHISES AND THE HANDLING OF FORFEITURE; SECTION 3: BURIAL PRACTICES; SECTION 4: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; SECTION 5: CONCLUSION TO PART I; PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE DEAD; SECTION 1: THE SECULARIZATION OF SUICIDE?; SECTION 2: NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLIC OPINION: NEUTRALIZING SUICIDE?; CONCLUSION: NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL HISTORIES; CODA: WHEN DID SUICIDE BECOME ACCEPTABLE?; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958642-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés