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

Oxford Historical Monographs

Rab Houston

397 pages • first pub 2010 (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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