The Spinning House
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-570-0 (ISBN)
‘Biggs deftly blends historical research with creative retelling, bringing prison records to full and chilling life.’ - The New Statesman
Cambridge University is renowned worldwide for its academic prowess, but below the surface lurks a murky past. During the nineteenth century, the university became infamous for its dogged determination to cling to ancient laws allowing it to arrest and imprison unchaperoned women found walking the streets of Cambridge after dark.
Mistakes were made. Violence and legal action followed until finally an Act of Parliament put an end to the university’s jurisdiction over the women of Cambridge.
CAROLINE BIGGS has lived all her life in Cambridge. She was an active Trustee of The Museum of Cambridge, where she founded a history festival to redress the massive imbalance between the historical knowledge about the ‘town’ as opposed to the ‘gown’. She has a Diploma in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction from UEA. She has previously researched and written several booklets about the history of Cambridge.
Title
Copyright
About the Author
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Bloody Riot
2 The Untimely Death of Elizabeth Howe
3 The Coroner’s Inquest – Day One
4 The Coroner’s Inquest – Day Two
5 The Special Correspondent
6 The Memorial
7 The Bachelors’ Ball
8 Respectability and Ruin
9 The Law of the Land vs the Vice Chancellor
10 The Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall
11 Smears and Fears
12 An Unusual Law
13 A Rebellious Daughter
14 The Runaway
15 British Law
16 Saving Jane
17 Under Pressure
18 A Rural Living
19 The Arrest
20 The New Courtroom
21 The Prisoner
22 Habeas Corpus
23 The Revenge
24 Bogus Daisy and the Cause Célèbre
25 Hopkins vs Wallis
26 The Final Chapter – An Act of Parliament
Select Bibliography
Praise for The Spinning House
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 12 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80399-570-X / 180399570X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80399-570-0 / 9781803995700 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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