Sleepless Souls: Suicide in Early Modern England (Oxford Studies in Social History) - Image 1

£100.86

Oxford University Press Sleepless Souls: Suicide in Early Modern England (Oxford Studies in Social History)

Name: Sleepless Souls: Suicide in Early Modern England (Oxford Studies in Social History)
Brand: Oxford University Press
Price: 100.86 GBP
Availability: InStock

Anthropology & Sociology

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£101 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 24 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 581 days • 581 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 581 days • 4 price ranges

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common range: £168-185 (227 days, 39.1%)

Price range: £101 - £185

Price levels: 4 price ranges over 581 days

Description

Sleepless Souls is a social and cultural history of suicide in early modern England. Self-murder was regarded as a heinous crime in Tudor and Stuart England, and was subject to savage punishments. Those who committed suicide had their property forfeited to the crown, and their bodies were denied Christian burial and desecrated. In Georgian England suicide was in practice de-criminalized, tolerated and even sentimentalized. Michael MacDonald and Terence R. Murphy, using a wide variety of contemporary sources, especially local records, trace the causes of this dramatic change in attitude. They analyse suicide within its contemporary context, relating shifts in opinion and practice to the complex framework of life in early modern England. Political events, religious changes, philosophical fashions, conflicts between centre and localities, and differing class interests all played their part. The authors' focus on the trauma of death by suicide uncovers the forces that were reshaping the mental outlook of different English classes and social groups. Their detailed and scholarly exploration of the `crime' of self-murder thus provides a history of social and cultural change in English society over three centuries.

Product Specifications

Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0198229194
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 29 November 1990
Listed Since: 06 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Oxford University Press Sleepless Souls: Suicide in Early Modern England (Oxford Studies in Social History)

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The History of Suicide in England, 1650–1850, Part II vol 5: Volume 5 1750–1799: Sermons, Discourses, Essays and Treatises

The History of Suicide in England, 1650–1850, Part II vol 6: Volume 6 1750–1799: Legal, Medical, Literary and Miscellaneous Texts, and Newspapers and Magazines

The History of Suicide in England, 1650–1850, Part I Vol 3

The History of Suicide in England, 1650-1850, Part I Vol 4

Suicide and the Body Politic in Imperial Russia: 9 (Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories, Series Number 9)

The History of Suicide in England, 1650–1850, Part II: 5 - 8

Suicide and the Body Politic in Imperial Russia: 9 (Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories, Series Number 9)

Oxford University Press - Suicide In The Middle Ages Vol 2

Suicide in the Middle Ages: Volume 1: The Violent Against Themselves

Volume 2: The Curse on Self-Murder (Suicide in the Middle Ages)

The Perversion of Virtue: Understanding Murder-Suicide

Suicide (Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare)

Suicide: Strategies and Interventions for Reduction and Prevention

The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources

Suicide and the Law

Suicide in Children and Adolescents (Child Behavior and Development)

Suicide and the Gothic (International Gothic Series)

Revisiting Suicide: From a Socio-Psychological Lens

Suicide: An unnecessary death

Suicide and the Law

Suicide: Theory, Practice and Investigation

Out of This World: Suicide Examined

Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Suicide Research

Helping People Overcome Suicidal Thoughts, Urges and Behaviour: Suicide-focused Intervention Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals