Feeling for forgers: character, sympathy and financial crime in London during the late eighteenth century

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dc.contributor.authorMilka, A.
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSympathy for forgers was not uncommon in the eighteenth century. This article reveals the emotional underside of the culture of credit, demonstrating the importance of emotions to understanding multivalent forms of capital such as ‘honour’ and ‘credit’. It explores the relationship between the courtroom and public opinion, and suggests that trials for forgery evoked a set of emotional responses that was specific to a particular emotional community. Using a history of emotions approach, the article explains how and why emotion was evoked, performed and interpreted within the courtroom space, and how this influenced eighteenth‐century attitudes to forgery.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAmy Milka
dc.identifier.citationJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2019; 42(1):7-25
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1754-0208.12566
dc.identifier.issn1754-0194
dc.identifier.issn1754-0208
dc.identifier.orcidMilka, A. [0000-0003-0168-454X]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/118299
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rights© 2018 British Society for Eighteenth‐Century Studies
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12566
dc.subjectForgery; crime; emotions; public opinion; honour; credit; courtroom
dc.titleFeeling for forgers: character, sympathy and financial crime in London during the late eighteenth century
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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