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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Main Author: Hofman, Elwin.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Studies in Early Modern European History Series
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505 0 |a Intro -- Frontmatter -- Half title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- How to do the history of the self: an introduction -- The self in court: procedures of conscience and confession -- Making reasonable selves: self-defence, honour and philosophical suicide -- Losing your self: magic, madness and other ways of losing control -- The tears of a killer: practising sentimentalism and romanticism in criminal court -- The ambiguities of nature: self-talk as a challenge and as an opportunity -- Conclusion: fragments of a history of the self -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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