Infanticide in Tudor and Stuart England explores one of society's darkest crimes using archival sources and discussing its representation in the drama, pamphlets and broadside ballads of the early modern period.
Infanticide in Tudor and Stuart England explores one of society's darkest crimes using archival sources and discussing its representation in the drama, pamphlets and broadside ballads of the early modern period.
Josephine Billingham has a PhD in English Literature from UCL. She is an independent scholar with particular interest in liminality, infant death, literature in its historical context, and the interplay between historical and literary sources.
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Epigram Author's notes List of Illustrations Chapter 1: Losses Lacunae and Liminality Chapter 2: European and Medieval Contexts of Infanticide Chapter 3: The liminal child and mother Chapter 4: Love Law and Liminality Chapter 5: Constructing Outsiders Constructing Killers Chapter 6: Not the Usual Suspects: Communities and Accomplices Chapter 7: Not the Usual Suspects: Married Women Chapter 8: Not the Usual Suspects: Men Chapter 9: Interlude: Infanticide 1700-1950 Chapter 10: Epilogue: Echoes of the Past Appendix 1: The 1624 Infanticide Act Appendix 2: Note on Sussex Coroners' inquests Appendix 3: Sussex Cases of Violent Unnatural Unexplained Infant Death 1547-1686: Complete list of cases from archival and other sources Appendix 4: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Water Appendix 5: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Throwing Appendix 6: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Bloodshed or Extreme Violence Appendix 7: Sussex Infant Deaths Showing Direct Involvement of Men Index.
Epigram Author's notes List of Illustrations Chapter 1: Losses Lacunae and Liminality Chapter 2: European and Medieval Contexts of Infanticide Chapter 3: The liminal child and mother Chapter 4: Love Law and Liminality Chapter 5: Constructing Outsiders Constructing Killers Chapter 6: Not the Usual Suspects: Communities and Accomplices Chapter 7: Not the Usual Suspects: Married Women Chapter 8: Not the Usual Suspects: Men Chapter 9: Interlude: Infanticide 1700-1950 Chapter 10: Epilogue: Echoes of the Past Appendix 1: The 1624 Infanticide Act Appendix 2: Note on Sussex Coroners' inquests Appendix 3: Sussex Cases of Violent Unnatural Unexplained Infant Death 1547-1686: Complete list of cases from archival and other sources Appendix 4: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Water Appendix 5: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Throwing Appendix 6: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Bloodshed or Extreme Violence Appendix 7: Sussex Infant Deaths Showing Direct Involvement of Men Index.
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