Dorothy Talbye Trial (Paperback)

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Dorothy Talbye Trial (1638) is an early American example of a trial of an insane woman at a time when the insane were treated no differently than ordinary criminals. Talbye was hanged in 1639 for killing her three year old daughter because, as she claimed, God told her to do so. Although Puritan Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony saw Talbye as possessed by Satan, the penalty for murder was necessarily death.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Dorothy Talbye Trial (1638) is an early American example of a trial of an insane woman at a time when the insane were treated no differently than ordinary criminals. Talbye was hanged in 1639 for killing her three year old daughter because, as she claimed, God told her to do so. Although Puritan Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony saw Talbye as possessed by Satan, the penalty for murder was necessarily death.

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Imprint

Book on Demand

Country of origin

Russian Federation

Release date

2013

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First published

2013

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Dimensions

279 x 210 x 5mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

86

ISBN-13

978-5-510-71779-2

Barcode

9785510717792

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LSN

5-510-71779-3



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