Sleepless souls: suicide in early modern england
Auteur :
MacDonald, Michael / Murphy, Terence R.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198229193
Date de publication :
29 nov. 1990
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,3 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
715 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.