Crime and consequence in early modern literature and law /
Hudson, Judith,
Crime and consequence in early modern literature and law / Judith Hudson. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages).
In a period in which some three hundred crimes were designated as felonies and punishable by death, a consideration of crime must inevitably lead to a preoccupation with consequences. This volume analyses contemporary literary and legal texts, including drama, poetry and commentaries on the law, and considers how 'proportionable' punishment was imagined in the early modern period and how the possibility of justice miscarried might influence that imagining.
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Law and literature--History.--England
Law in literature.
Law--History.--England
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Crime and consequence in early modern literature and law / Judith Hudson. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages).
In a period in which some three hundred crimes were designated as felonies and punishable by death, a consideration of crime must inevitably lead to a preoccupation with consequences. This volume analyses contemporary literary and legal texts, including drama, poetry and commentaries on the law, and considers how 'proportionable' punishment was imagined in the early modern period and how the possibility of justice miscarried might influence that imagining.
9781399513432 No price
Law and literature--History.--England
Law in literature.
Law--History.--England
England--Social conditions.
809.933554