Accidents and violent death in early modern London, 1650-1750
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 ...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
The Boydell Press
2016.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; 25. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39835303*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One
- 1. 'Here Falling Houses Thunder on your Head': Sudden Violent Death and the Metropolis
- 2. 'I told my Neighbours, who sent for the Searchers': From Personal Trauma to Public Knowledge
- Part Two
- 3. 'Good Servants, but Bad Masters': Fire and Water
- 4. 'Much Mischief Happeneth to Persons in the Street': Everyday Urban Accidents
- 5. 'Death Hath Ten Thousand Several Doors': Rare and Unfortunate Events
- 6. 'Thro' Freezing Snows, and Rains, and Soaking Sleet': A Time to Die
- Part Three
- 7. 'She was Lame Long After': Medical and Social Response
- 8. 'To the Great Hazard of Peoples Lives': Bringing Order to Chaos
- 9. 'Telling Pretty Stories': Constructing Accident Event Narratives
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
