Yale University Press
The Conquest of Death: Violence and the Birth of the Modern English State
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- Matthew Lockwood
- Yale University Press
- Hardcover
- 9780300217063
- 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.1 inches
- 1.5 pounds
- History > Europe - Great Britain - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In his fascinating debut, Matthew Lockwood explores the history of crime, homicide, and suicide in England over four centuries through the office of the coroner. While the office was established to investigate violent or suspicious deaths, Lockwood asserts that the demands of competing parties gradually shaped its systems and transformed England into a modern state earlier than is commonly acknowledged. Weaving together strands of social, legal, economic, and political history, this book will interest scholars across a range of fields.
Author Bio
I'm an historian of Britain and its wider world, and I joined the University of Alabama in the fall of 2017.
To Begin the World Over Again, a global history of the American Revolution, was published in October 2019. The Conquest of Death, my first book, came out with Yale in June 2017.
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Though my specialty is the social history of the law in the British empire, my broader interests include the history of crime and violence; gender, ethnicity, and immigration in early modern Europe and the Americas; comparative legal history; and the history of institutions, administration, and state formation.
Source: Matthewhlockwood.com
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