Spence Accidents and Violent Death in Early Modern London

1650-1750
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78204-900-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 25, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social

Between the mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth century more than 15,000 Londoners suffered sudden violent deaths. In the early modern period, accidental and 'disorderly' deaths - from drowning, falls, stabbing, shooting, fires, explosions, suffocation, and animals and vehicles, among others - were a regular feature of urban life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spence, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
'Here Falling Houses Thunder on your Head': Sudden Violent Death and the Metropolis
'I told my Neighbours, who sent for the Searchers': From Personal Trauma to Public Knowledge
'Good Servants, but Bad Masters': Fire and Water
'Much Mischief Happeneth to Persons in the Street': Everyday Urban Accidents
'Death Hath Ten Thousand Several Doors': Rare and Unfortunate Events
'Thro' Freezing Snows, and Rains, and Soaking Sleet': A Time to Die
'She was Lame Long After': Medical and Social Response
'To the Great Hazard of Peoples Lives': Bringing Order to Chaos
'Telling Pretty Stories': Constructing Accident Event Narratives
Conclusion
Bibliography