Accidents and Violent Death in Early Modern London: 1650-1750

by Craig Spence

Between the mid-seventeenth and mid-eighteenth centuries more than 15,000 Londoners suffered sudden violent deaths. While this figure includes around 3,000 who were murdered or committed suicide, the vast majority of fatalities resulted from accidents. In the early modern period, accidental and 'disorderly' deaths - from drowning, falls, stabbing, shooting, fires, explosions, suffocation, animals and vehicles, among other causes - were a regular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783271353
• ISBN13: 9781783271351
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"