Trials of the Self : Murder, Mayhem and the Remaking of the Mind, 1750-1830.
Duellists, drunks and remorseful murderers populate Trials of the self, which highlights the criminal court as a space for publicising and negotiating models of the self. Using criminal trial records, the book argues that inner depth became increasingly important around 1800, not only for elites, bu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Studies in Early Modern European History Series
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