Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780521572750
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Social history; History; Crime And Criminals; Great Britain - History; History - General History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Criminology; Europe - Great Britain - General; Legal History; History / Great Britain; Law / Legal History; Law-Legal History; Social Science-Criminology; Crime; England
First sentence: Early modern witchcraft has no single easily expressible definition; instead, many contingent meanings emerged from interactions between people, social environment, customs and beliefs, ideas and communications, and the administration of justice.