A study of aspects of crime and distress in seventeenth-century Lancashire

This dissertation examines crime and its relation to economic distress in seventeenth-century Lancashire. It uses evidence drawn from both Lancashire quarter sessions and assize courts. Mainly, however, it concentrates on the quarter sessions evidence. It studies crime at the county, as opposed to t...

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Main Author: Johnson, Patricia Ann
Published: University of Central Lancashire 1994
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.481437