| Crime, Gender and Social Order in Early Modern England Contributor(s): Walker, Garthine (Author), Garthine, Walker (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521091179 ISBN-13: 9780521091176 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $54.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: The first study of how masculinity and femininity informed criminal behaviour in early modern England. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History - Social Science | Criminology - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 364.374 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Garthine Walker reveals that women were not treated leniently by the courts and that beliefs about gender and order impacted on real legal outcomes in early modern England. She demonstrates that the household role had as much to do with the nature of criminality as the individual in this period. Challenging hitherto accepted views regarding gender stereotyping, this book illuminates the complexities of everyday English life in the early modern period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walker, Garthine: - Garthine Walker is Lecturer in History, School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University. |