Accidents and Violent Death in Early Modern London: 1650-1750
(Part of the Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social history Series)
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Between the mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries more than 15,000 Londoners suffered sudden violent deaths. While this figure includes around 3,000 who were murdered or committed suicide, the vast majority of fatalities resulted from accidents. In the early modern period, accidental and 'disorderly' deaths - from drowning, falls, stabbing, shooting, fires, explosions, suffocation, animals and vehicles, among other causes - were a regular...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1783271353
ISBN13:9781783271351
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:Boydell Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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