Still the only survey of current research available, this exploration of the incidence, causes and control of crime in Early Modern England throws a vivid light

An exploration of the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal prosecution in England, 1550-1750.

This volume, first published in 1977, brings together eleven studies of crime and the administration of the criminal law in England during the early modern peri

A large proportion of late medieval people, were accused of some kind of misdemeanour. This book studies gender and crime in late medieval England. It shows how

This book is intended for those in the humanities seeking a legal context for writing about rape in early modern England. It takes the premise that over the pas