Auteur: Stephen Banks

A study of law, wrongdoing and justice as conceived in the minds of the ordinary people of England and Wales from the later eighteenth century to the First World War. Shortlisted for the 2015 Kathari …

A duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman’s honour, from minor insult to major accusation. At a prearranged time, two men at odds would meet, armed either with swords or pistols, to engag …

Executions have played a crucial if grisly and controversial part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untold thou …

Explores why minor slights to certain kinds of gentlemen led to duels in order for honour to be satisfied, and how such ideas about honour changed over time. This book, the most comprehensive study o …

A duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman’s honour, from minor insult to major accusation. At a prearranged time, two men at odds would meet, armed either with swords or pistols, to engag …

Executions have played a crucial if grisly and controversial part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untold thou …

Law and Society in England 1750 1950 is an indispensable text for those wishing to study English legal history and to understand the foundations of the modern British state. In this new updated editi …

Law and Society in England 1750 1950 is an indispensable text for those wishing to study English legal history and to understand the foundations of the modern British state. In this new updated editi …