Simon Devereaux

Execution, State and Society in England, 1660-1900

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book charts the history of execution laws and practices in the era of the "Bloody Code" and their extraordinary transformation by 1900. Innovative and comprehensive, this work will find an audience with scholars interested in the history of crime and punishment in England"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9781009392150
• ISBN-10: 1009392158
• Artikelnr.: 69191039

Autorenporträt

Simon Devereaux is Associate Professor of History at the University of Victoria.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Executions for Treason, 1660-1820
3. Changing Cultures of Execution: Religion and Feeling, 1660-1770
4. Changing Cultures of Execution: Reason and Reforms, 1770-1808
5. The Murder Act: Anatomization, 1752-1832
6. The Murder Act: Hanging in Chains, 1660-1834
7. The 'Bloody Code' Debated, 1808-1821
8. The 'Bloody Code' Diminished, 1822-1830
9. The Vicissitudes of Public Execution, 1830-1900
10. Conclusion.