Destabilising Decapitation in 'King Henry VI'
In early modern England, state beheadings were carefully codified, reserved for the nobility and those convicted of treason. The highest and lowest in society were sentenced to beheading: those who headed the nation and those who threatened the head of the nation. Beheading was both a confirmation a...
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University of Warwick
2016-10-01
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| Online Access: | https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/article/view/146 |