A Most Diabolical Deed Infanticide And Irish Society 18501900
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2013
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780719088209
Description: Examining the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, this title is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the offence are revealed.