Written for students and based on over 15 years’ worth of teaching, this book provides students with both a very accessible introduction to crime and punishment in early modern England and the necessary tools to encourage discussion and debate about some of the key sources from the period.

An updated bibliography to include historiography from the last six years provides students with an entry point into further reading and knowledge for essays and seminars on popular courses on crime and justice in Tudor and Stuart England.

The introduction has been revised and questions have been added to encourage more discussion about the sources and help students question the sources’ historical context and decisions made by authors; this is perfect for students with little experience of primary sources from this period.