Punishing the Dead?: Suicide, Lordship, and Community in Britain, 1500-1830 by R. A. Houston

Punishing the Dead?: Suicide, Lordship, and Community in Britain, 1500-1830

Oxford Historical Monographs

R. A. Houston

528 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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What can we learn from suicide, that most personal and often inscrutable of acts? This strikingly original work shows how, from treatment of suicides in historic Britain, unique insights can be gained into the development of both social and politi...

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