Title Punishing the dead? : suicide, lordship, and community in Britain, 1500-1830 / R.A. Houston

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 397 pages) Series Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. Contents Forfeiture in Scotland -- Forfeiture in England and Wales -- Burial practices -- Corporal punishment -- Conclusion to Part 1 -- The secularization of suicide -- Newspapers and public opinion : neutralizing suicide? Summary An original work that shows how treatments of and attitudes towards suicide can illuminate our understanding of the social, political, and cultural history of early modern Britain Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-388) and index Notes Print version record Subject Suicide -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History Medicine -- History -- 17th century. Medicine -- History -- 18th century. Suicide -- history Punishment -- history Social Conditions -- history Public Opinion -- history Social Behavior -- history History, 16th Century History, 17th Century History, 18th Century History, 19th Century PSYCHOLOGY -- Suicide. Medicine Suicide -- Social aspects SUBJECT United Kingdom https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191585128 0191585122 9780199586424 019958642X 9780191595356 0191595357

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