Crime and Consequence in Early Modern Literature and Law / / Judith Hudson.
Traces the ways in which changing ideas about criminal sanction were reflected in and engaged with in early modern English societyBroadens the scope of current law and literature debate into the area of consequenceOffers analysis of both major and lesser-known literary texts, including ShakespeareEx...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture : ECSRC
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Spelling, Citation and Abbreviation
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Introduction
- 1. ‘Vipers in the bosom of our Law’: The Emergence of Perjury as a Common Law Offence
- 2. ‘Hollow-hearted angels’: Coins, Counterfeits and the Discourses of Treason
- 3. ‘The Woman’s Case put to the Lawyers’: Miscarriage of Justice and the Case of Anne Greene
- 4. Pardon and Oblivion: Pardon, Benefit of Clergy, Peine Forte et Dure
- 5. ‘England’s rubidg’: Mary Carleton and the Early Use of Transportation
- Bibliography
- Index