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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| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Studies in early modern European history.
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