Moral Panics, the Media and the Law in Early Modern England

Lemmings, D.; Walker, C.

An exploration of links between opinion and governance in Early Modern England, studying moral panics about crime, sex and belief. Hypothesizing that media-driven panics proliferated in the 1700s, with the development of newspapers and government sensibility to opinion, it also considers earlier panics about cross-dressing and witchcraft.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-11-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230527324

DOI: 10.1057/9780230274679

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 279