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

by Craig Spence

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 centuries more than 15,000 Londoners suffered sudden violent deaths...

• 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"