Date/Time
20th May 2025
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location
Peterhouse Community Centre
Categories
Crime and punishment in early modern London
Whipping, scolding, pillories, stocks, branding, and the death sentence. Crimes that range from theft to highway robbery, smuggling, and murder. All these subjects will draw you in and provide a lens that examines the past and gets at the mentalities of the time. Between the age of the Tudors and the reign of George III much of England and especially London was viewed as a hotbed of crime. Recurrent crime waves endangered the lives and property of rich and poor alike. The responses to these perceived threats, from whippings to hangings and much more, changed and shifted based on both top-down decisions and bottom-up pressure. This course will explore crime and punishment across this tumultuous period.
Q code Q00021262