(Ebook) Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England 2nd Edition by Ken MacMillan ISBN 9781003248170, 1003248179

(Ebook) Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England 2nd Edition by Ken MacMillan ISBN 9781003248170, 1003248179

Now in its second edition, Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England has beenupdated to include more texts about witchcraft, murder, and sexual deviance anddiscussions about the historical climate within which crimes occurred; voice andprint culture; and types of crime and criminals. This volume contains modernized and annotated chapbooks related to crimessuch as murder, theft, infanticide, rape, and witchcraft with accompanyingillustrations that depict the acts and punishments of criminals in Tudor and StuartEngland. In this edition, special attention has been paid to demonstrating significantoverlaps and encouraging students to question authors’ reasonings behind includingmultiple crimes in a single work. Alongside this, further useful prompts have beenincluded to stimulate discussion about why parables were used to open chapbooks,the historical context underpinning certain criminal acts, the value of these sourcesto scholars, and how certain texts compare and contrast with others. With five new chapters and an updated introduction and bibliography, thesecond edition of Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England is an essentialresource for all students of crime and punishment in early modern England.