Punishing the dead? : suicide, lordship, and community in Britain, 1500-1830

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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Houston, R. A. (Robert Allan), 1954-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:	Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:	1600-1799 Suicide > Social aspects > Great Britain > History. Medicine > History > 17th century. Medicine > History > 18th century. PSYCHOLOGY > Suicide. Medicine Suicide > Social aspects Great Britain History
Online Access:	Click for online access

Description
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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 397 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-388) and index.
ISBN:	9780191585128 0191585122 9780199586424 019958642X 9780191595356 0191595357
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Print version record.