Chapter Bibliography Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Cor...
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| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke
Springer Nature
2016
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| Series: | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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