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Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England (Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)

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This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.

Author(s): Randall Martin
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 300

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 14
2 Equity and Self-Defense in Female Homicide News......Page 53
3 Confession, Conversion, and Tactical Resistance......Page 93
4 Women and Poison......Page 136
5 Changing Representations of Infanticide and Child Murder......Page 168
6 Conclusion......Page 215
Notes......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 254
Index......Page 286