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Newman, EBK, 2024. Gender and criminality in the East Midlands during the Personal Rule, Civil Wars, and Interregnum. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.
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Abstract
Crime is irrevocably intertwined with financial, topographic, demographic, cultural, religious, and political aspects, and this is certainly true of the years incorporating Charles I’s Personal Rule, the Civil Wars, and the Interregnum. These periods endured considerable governance, jurisdictional and administrative changes that filtered into local issues. This research demonstrates how these factors impacted crime at a local level in the counties of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire. Furthermore, the study explores how concerns regarding religious, social, and cultural aspects at a national level filtered down to the localities, affecting their judicial priorities.
Another factor that this study explores is the connection between crime and gender. It considers how a crime may have gendered associations regarding who was committing the crimes, the punishments given or the motivations. Moreover, the research engages with notions of gender performativity as to whether those who were offenders enacted idealised gender characteristics in their criminal acts or to mitigate punishments potentially. The study also engages in debates regarding the application of judicial authority within the localities and the mitigations of case outcomes.
The study utilises a statistical and case study analysis of the Quarter Sessions records to explore who was committing the chosen crimes of bastardy, theft, plus recusancy and absence from church (in terms of both gender and occupation); what crimes were committed and what punishments were given; when and where these crimes occurred; and to consider why these crimes happened.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Creators: | Newman, E.B.K. |
| Contributors: | Name Role NTU ID ORCID Powell, L. Thesis supervisor CCE3POWELL UNSPECIFIED |
| Date: | January 2024 |
| Rights: | The copyright in this work is held by the author. You may copy up to 5% of this work for private study, or personal, non-commercial research. Any re-use of the information contained within this document should be fully referenced, quoting the author, title, university, degree level and pagination. Queries or requests for any other use, or if a more substantial copy is required, should be directed to the author. |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Arts and Humanities |
| Record created by: | Laura Borcherds |
| Date Added: | 01 Apr 2025 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2025 13:42 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53338 |
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