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James Sharpe

Researcher at University of York

Publications -  49
Citations -  1224

James Sharpe is an academic researcher from University of York. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social history & Witch. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 49 publications receiving 1204 citations.

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Crime in early modern England, 1550-1750

James Sharpe
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of the incidence, causes and control of crime in Early Modern England is presented, which uses court archives to capture vividly the everyday lives of people who would otherwise have left little mark on the historical record.
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Domestic Homicide in early modern England

TL;DR: The most striking features of recent writing on early modern social history have been the emergence of the family as a subject of central concern as discussed by the authors, and much of this concern has expressed itself in the form of specialized, and often narrowly-focused articles or essays.
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Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in England, 1550-1750

James Sharpe
TL;DR: Witchcraft in early Stuart England: witchcraft and elite mentalities witchcraft in popular culture the theological and legal bases for witch-hunting as mentioned in this paper, and the problem of decline: the growth of judicial scepticism a changing religious context science and the decline of witchcraft.