The Justice and the mare's ale : law and disorder in seventeenth-century England.

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Oxford : Blackwell, 1981.

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1608

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Social History.

Violence -- History.

Public policy (Law) -- History.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- Cumbria -- History.

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Introduction: The Rediscovery of Violence

1. 'A black and terrible troop'

2. 'The stoutest deed that ever man did'

3. Clippers and coiners

4. Raising the hue and cry

5. 'Insolent and formidable felons'

6. Burglars and assailants

7. High robbers

8. Pickpockets and thieves

9. Accomplices and neighbours

10. Final trials and legends

Conclusion: English violence in context.

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xii, 238 p. : ill. ; 25 cm