LEADER 03196nam 22006012 450 001 9910808767003321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a0-511-05372-X 010 $a1-139-05189-X 010 $a0-511-15074-1 010 $a0-511-00875-9 035 $a(CKB)111087027182726 035 $a(EBL)201468 035 $a(OCoLC)707917629 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000132298 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129724 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132298 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10039848 035 $a(PQKB)10859214 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139051897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004496 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004496 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2000674 035 $a(OCoLC)52740284 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027182726 100 $a20110308d2000|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCrime and mentalities in early modern England /$fMalcolm Gaskill$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 377 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in early modern British history 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-53118-7 311 $a0-521-57275-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [312]-364) and index. 327 $aMentalities from crime -- The social meaning of witchcraft, 1560-1680 -- Witches in society and culture, 1680-1750 -- The problem of coiners and the law -- Towards a solution? Coining state and people -- Crimes of blood and their representation -- Murder: police, prosecution and proof -- A transition from belief to certainty? 330 $aCrime and law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England attempts to reach further than most conventional treatments of the subject, to explore the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal prosecution, and to recover their hidden social meanings. In this sense the book is more than just a 'history from below': it is a history from within. Conversely, the book explores crime to shed light on the long-term development of English mentalities in general. To this end, three serious crimes - witchcraft, coining and murder - are examined in detail, revealing new and important insights into how religious reform, state formation, secularisation, and social and cultural change (for example, the spread of literacy and the availability of print) may have transformed the thinking and outlook of most ordinary people between 1550 and 1750. 410 0$aCambridge studies in early modern British history. 517 3 $aCrime & Mentalities in Early Modern England 606 $aCrime$zEngland$xHistory 615 0$aCrime$xHistory. 676 $a364.942 700 $aGaskill$b Malcolm$01095720 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808767003321 996 $aCrime and mentalities in early modern England$94123427 997 $aUNINA