Fields, fens and felonies: crime and justice in eighteenth-century east anglia
Auteur :
Durston, Gregory J
Éditeur :
Waterside Press
ISBN :
9781909976115
Date de publication :
9 déc. 2016
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 3,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A work on Crime and Punishment in East Anglia (and elsewhere) during the eighteenth century. It was a time of highwaymen, footpads and desperate petty offenders, draconian penalties, extremes of wealth and poverty, corruption and rough and emerging forms of justice.