James Sharpe (historian)
James "Jim" A. Sharpe, FRHS (born Oct. 9, 1946), is professor emeritus of early modern history at the University of York. He is a specialist in witchcraft, and crime and punishment, in early modern England.[1]
Sharpe earned his BA and DPhil at the University of Oxford and joined the University of York as a lecturer in 1973.[2] He became professor in 1997 and retired in 2016.[3]
Selected publications[]
- Crime in Seventeenth-Century England. Cambridge University Press/Past and Present Publications, 1983.
- "William Holcroft his Booke": Office Holding in Late Stuart Essex. Essex Record Office, Essex Historical Documents, 2, 1986.
- Crime and the Law in English Satirical Prints 1600 - 1832. Chadwyck - Healey, 1986.
- Judicial Punishment in England. Faber and Faber, 1990.
- Early Modern England: a Social History 1550 - 1760. Edward Arnold, 1987: 2nd edn., 1997.
- Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in England 1550 - 1750. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.[4]
- Crime in Early Modern England 1550 - 1750. Longman, 1984: 2nd edn., 1998.
- The Bewitching of Anne Gunter: A horrible and true story of deception, witchcraft, murder and the King of England. Profile Books, 2000.
- Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman. Profile Books, 2004.
- A Fiery & Furious People. Random House, 2016.[5] ISBN 9781847945136
References[]
- ^ James Sharpe Professor Emeritus of Early Modern History. Department of History, University of York. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ The Decline of Public Punishment in England 1750-1868 James Sharpe. York Festival of Ideas, 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ James Sharpe. Penguin Books. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ Instruments of Darkness Witchcraft in Early Modern England James Sharpe. University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ A Fiery & Furious People: A History of Violence in England James Sharpe. Penguin Books. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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