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Gaskill Malcolm

Crime and mentalities in early modern England - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000 - 377p xiii

Contents
Introduction: 1. Mentalities from crime;
Part I. Witchcraft: 2. The social meaning of witchcraft, 1560-1680;
3. Witches in society and culture, 1680-1750;
Part II. Coining: 4. The problem of coiners and the law;
5. Towards a solution? coining, state and people;
Part III. Murder: 6. Crimes of blood and their representation;
7. Murder: police, prosecution and proof;
Conclusion:
8. A transition from belief to certainty

ISBN: 9780521572750

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Crime - England - History.

Dewey Class. No.: 364.942000 / GAS