Sleepless Souls - Suicide in Early Modern England

by Michael MacDonald and Terence R. Murphy

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Suicide was regarded as a deplorable act, subject to savage punishments, in Tudor and Stuart England. In Georgian England it was de-criminalized, tolerated, and even sentimentalized. Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary sources, Sleepless Souls traces the causes of this dramatic shift in attitude. Michael MacDonald and Terence R. Murphy relate changes in opinion and practice to the complex framework of life in early modern England--including...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198229194

ISBN13:9780198229193

Release Date:January 1991

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.6" x 8.8"

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16th Century 17th Century History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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