Audrey Eccles

Vagrancy in Law and Practice under the Old Poor Law (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on extensive archival research and in-depth study of both statute law and local administrative records, this book examines the complexities of vagrancy law and the realities of its practice during the long eighteenth century. As the first full-length study of vagrancy law and practice in the eighteenth century, this book will constitute an essential item in any collection of books on the old poor law.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317002925
• Artikelnr.: 44782895

Autorenporträt

Audrey Eccles, a retired archivist, gained her PhD in 1974 for work on the history of obstetrics, published in 1982 by Croom Helm. She began working on vagrancy while calendaring the eighteenth century Quarter Sessions rolls at Kendal Record Office, Cumbria, and has subsequently researched the subject in five other counties. Her pilot study was published in 1989 and she has written a number of papers on vagrancy since.