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Author Hudson, Judith (Judith Anne)

Title Crime and Consequence in Early Modern Literature and Law [electronic resource].

Imprint Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
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Description 1 online resource (245 p.).
Series Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture Ser.
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture Ser.
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Summary Traces the ways in which changing ideas about criminal sanction were reflected in and engaged with in early modern English society.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Spelling, Citation and Abbreviation -- Series Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- 1. 'Vipers in the bosom of our Law': The Emergence of Perjury as a Common Law Offence -- 2. 'Hollow-hearted angels': Coins, Counterfeits and the Discourses of Treason -- 3. 'The Woman's Case put to the Lawyers': Miscarriage of Justice and the Case of Anne Greene -- 4. Pardon and Oblivion: Pardon, Benefit of Clergy, Peine Forte et Dure -- 5. 'England's rubidg': Mary Carleton and the Early Use of Transportation -- Bibliography -- Index
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Crime in literature.
Punishment in literature.
Criminal law -- Great Britain -- Philosophy -- History.
Crime in literature.
Criminal law -- Philosophy.
English literature -- Early modern.
Punishment in literature.
Great Britain.
Chronological Term 1500-1700
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Hudson, Judith Crime and Consequence in Early Modern Literature and Law Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2021 9781474454353
ISBN 1474454372 (electronic bk.)
9781474454377 (electronic bk.)
1474454356
9781474454353

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