Accidents and Violent Death in Early Modern London 1650-1750 |
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| Author:
| Spence, Craig |
| Series title: | Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78204-900-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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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.
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.