The Dark Side of Oxford: Crime, Poverty and Violence

✍ Scribed by Marilyn Yurdan

• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 194
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Marilyn Yurdan was born in Oxford, the idea for the book came from her research where she quickly learned that the idyllic City of Dreaming Spires is very far from an accurate view of life in Oxford over the ages. The Dark Side of Oxford ranges from the 13th century to late-Victorian times and paints a fascinating and sometimes shocking picture of how our ancestors lived and died.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction and Sources
Chapter 1 Antisocial Behaviour
Chapter 2 Assaults
Chapter 3 Domestics
Chapter 4 Robbery and Theft
Chapter 5 Riotous Behaviour
Chapter 6 Murder
Chapter 7 Immorality
Chapter 8 Male Sex-Offenders
Plate Section
Chapter 9 Poverty and Charity
Chapter 10 Disease
Chapter 11 Fatal Accidents
Chapter 12 Drownings
Chapter 13 Suicides
Chapter 14 Burials
Acknowledgements
Index
Back Cover