Early Modern Europe: Popular Culture: Crime & Court Cases

Local history, historical geography, urban & metropolitan, parliamentary, ecclesiastical & religious sources by region.

Early 18th century trials at the Old Bailey, Hangings at Tyburn, Famous Criminals, Mobs and the Pillory.

London’s criminal court, 1674-1913. Includes a piracy case, infanticide, murder, treason, etc.

Stories, ballads, songs, poems, memoirs, underworld exposes, letters, satire, social commentary, sermons.

Featured confessions, outlaws, witches, murderers, pirates, highwaymen, harlots.

Includes crime, courts, gender, identity, culture & language, politics, and more.