Thou savage woman : female killers in early modern Britain
Adams, Blessin2025
Books, Manuscripts
Early Modern Britain was awash with pamphlets, ballads, woodcuts broadcasting bloodthirsty tales of traitorous wives, greedy mistresses, cunning female poisoning lacing the supper with deadly substances; of child killers and spiteful witches, stories of women wholly and unnaturally wicked. These were printed or sung, tacked the walls of alehouses, sold in the streets for pennies and read voraciously to thrill all. But why? When the vast majority of murders then (and now) are committed by men. 'Thou Savage Woman' reminds us that women in the past had voices, that they sought to control their bodies and their environments and that they also had the capacity for committing acts of unspeakable violence.
Main title:
Thou savage woman : female killers in early modern Britain / Blessin Adams.
Author:
Adams, Blessin, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2025.
Collation:
304 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780008500177 (hbk)
Dewey class:
364.15230820941364.152308
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3923394