Executing Magic in the Modern Era Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and the magic of the gallows site...

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Autores principales:	Davies, Owen. author (author), Matteoni, Francesca. author
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Basingstoke Springer Nature 2017 Cham : 2017.
Edición:	1st ed. 2017.
Colección:	Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Materias:	Social history. History. Crime—Sociological aspects. Great Britain—History. Civilization—History. Social History. History of Science. Crime and Society. History of Britain and Ireland. Cultural History. Medical history magical history executions afterlife eighteenth century nineteenth century twentieth century Capital punishment Gallows Gibbeting Hanging
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