Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation in Medieval England

By Sara M Butler and Sara M. Butler

Book Overview

Using the coroner's inquest as a lens, this book offers a fresh perspective on the process of death investigation in medieval England. By studying cause of death in the coroners' reports, this study sheds new light on abortion by assault, bubonic plague, cruentation, epilepsy, insanity, senescence, and unnatural death.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138809810
• ISBN13: 9781138809819
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"