A strikingly original work that shows how treatments of and attitudes towards suicide can illuminate our understanding of the social, political, and cultural history of early modern Britain.
A strikingly original work that shows how treatments of and attitudes towards suicide can illuminate our understanding of the social, political, and cultural history of early modern Britain.
Robert Allan Houston was born in Hamilton, Scotland, lived in India and Ghana and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College). He has worked at the University of St Andrews since 1983 and is Professor of Modern History, specializing in British social history. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Academia Europaea. He is married to a university manager and lives in Edinburgh.
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INTRODUCTION PART I: PUNISHING THE DEAD INTRODUCTION: PENALTIES AGAINST SUICIDE IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT SECTION 1: FORFEITURE IN SCOTLAND SECTION 2: FORFEITURE IN ENGLAND SECTION 2A: LOCAL FRANCHISES AND THE HANDLING OF FORFEITURE SECTION 3: BURIAL PRACTICES SECTION 4: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT SECTION 5: CONCLUSION TO PART I PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE DEAD SECTION 1: THE SECULARIZATION OF SUICIDE? SECTION 2: NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLIC OPINION: NEUTRALIZING SUICIDE? CONCLUSION: NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL HISTORIES CODA: WHEN DID SUICIDE BECOME ACCEPTABLE? SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
INTRODUCTION PART I: PUNISHING THE DEAD INTRODUCTION: PENALTIES AGAINST SUICIDE IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT SECTION 1: FORFEITURE IN SCOTLAND SECTION 2: FORFEITURE IN ENGLAND SECTION 2A: LOCAL FRANCHISES AND THE HANDLING OF FORFEITURE SECTION 3: BURIAL PRACTICES SECTION 4: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT SECTION 5: CONCLUSION TO PART I PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE DEAD SECTION 1: THE SECULARIZATION OF SUICIDE? SECTION 2: NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLIC OPINION: NEUTRALIZING SUICIDE? CONCLUSION: NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL HISTORIES CODA: WHEN DID SUICIDE BECOME ACCEPTABLE? SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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