Patricia Fumerton, Anita Guerrini (Eds) (with the assistance of Kris McAbee), Ballads and Broadsides in Britain, 1500–1800

Historians of crime in the early modern period have long been aware of the potentialities of various types of popular literature as sources for attitudes towards crime and criminals and, less certainly and less frequently, as sources of factual information. Initially, therefore, the volume under re...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs,
Autor principal: Sharpe, James
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2015
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:Historians of crime in the early modern period have long been aware of the potentialities of various types of popular literature as sources for attitudes towards crime and criminals and, less certainly and less frequently, as sources of factual information. Initially, therefore, the volume under review here would seem to constitute a welcome addition to our knowledge and important genre within earlier modern popular culture, ballads and broadsides. In general, this initial reaction is justif...