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A Most Diabolical Deed' - Infanticide and Irish Society, 1850-1900 (Hardcover)
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A Most Diabolical Deed' - Infanticide and Irish Society, 1850-1900 (Hardcover)
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This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from
1850 to 1900, examining a sample of 4,645 individual cases of
infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth.
Evidence for this study has been gleaned from a variety of sources,
including court documents, coroners' records, prison files,
parliamentary papers, and newspapers. Through these sources, many
of which are rarely used by scholars, attitudes towards the crime,
the women accused of the offence, and the victim, are revealed.
Although infant murder was a capital offence during this period,
none of the women found guilty of the crime were executed,
suggesting a degree of sympathy and understanding towards the
accused. Infanticide cases also allude to complex dynamics and
tensions between employers and servants, parents and pregnant
daughters, judges and defendants, and prison authorities and
inmates. This book highlights much about the lived realities of
nineteenth-century Ireland. -- .
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