The Old Bailey Online has not only “The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674–1913,” but also extensive background materials.
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court.
There are essays on “Community histories”:
- Black Communities
- Gypsies and Travellers
- Homosexuality
- Irish London
- Jewish Communities
- Huguenot and French London
- Chinese Communities
“London and its hinterlands”:
- 1674–1715
- 1715–1760
- 1760–1815
- 1800–1913
- A Population History
- Material London
- London’s Rural Hinterlands
- Currency, Coinage, Cost of Living
- Transport
As well as “Gender in the proceedings,” “Crime, Justice, and Punishment,” and “The Old Bailey Courthouse.”
(via The Cat’s Meat Shop.)
whoa. goldmine.
thanks for this.