Craig Spence

Accidents and Violent Death in Early Modern London

1650-1750

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Between the mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth century more than 15,000 Londoners suffered sudden violent deaths. In the early modern period, accidental and 'disorderly' deaths - from drowning, falls, stabbing, shooting, fires, explosions, suffocation, and animals and vehicles, among others - were a regular feature of urban life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781783271351
• ISBN-10: 1783271353
• Artikelnr.: 45195536

Autorenporträt

Craig Spence

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 'Here Falling Houses Thunder on your Head': Sudden Violent
Death and the Metropolis 'I told my Neighbours, who sent for the
Searchers': From Personal Trauma to Public Knowledge 'Good Servants, but
Bad Masters': Fire and Water 'Much Mischief Happeneth to Persons in the
Street': Everyday Urban Accidents 'Death Hath Ten Thousand Several Doors':
Rare and Unfortunate Events 'Thro' Freezing Snows, and Rains, and Soaking
Sleet': A Time to Die 'She was Lame Long After': Medical and Social
Response 'To the Great Hazard of Peoples Lives': Bringing Order to Chaos
'Telling Pretty Stories': Constructing Accident Event Narratives Conclusion
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