“Quite another Vein of Wickedness”
In early 1720s London highway or street robbery, especially by ‘gangs’, was highly topical; for some decades it had been a cause of much anxiety, and had recently been the target of increasingly harsh legislation. Yet the vast literature that “accompanied and stimulated” that legislation has been...
Main Author: | Clegg, Jeanne |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari
2016-09-01
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Series: | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale |
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Online Access: | http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2016/1/quite-another-vein-of-wickedness/ |
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