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The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain

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Palgrave Macmillan


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Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife

Paru le : 2015-12-29

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This book is the first academic study of the post-mortem practice of gibbeting (‘hanging in chains’), since the nineteenth century. Gibbeting involved placing the executed body of a malefactor in an iron cage and suspending it from a tall post. A body might remain in the gibbet for many decades, while it gradually fell to pieces. Hanging in chains was a very different sort of post-mortem punishment from anatomical dissection, although the two were equal alternatives in the eyes of the law. Where dissection obliterated and de-individualised the body, hanging in chains made it monumental and rooted it in the landscape, adding to personal notoriety. Focusing particularly on the period 1752-1832, this book provides a summary of the historical evidence, the factual history of gibbetting which explores the locations of gibbets, the material technologies involved in hanging in chains, and the actual process from erection to eventual collapse. It also considers the meanings, effects and legacy of this gruesome practice.
Pages
155 pages
Collection
Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Parution
2015-12-29
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9781137600882
EAN PDF
9781137600899
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1
Nombre pages imprimables
15
Taille du fichier
3584 Ko
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EAN EPUB
9781137600899
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
15
Taille du fichier
2396 Ko
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0,00 €

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