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

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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Main Authors: Davies, Owen. author (author), Matteoni, Francesca. author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke Springer Nature 2017
Cham : 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Subjects:
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
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425406106719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Criminal Bodies
  • 3. The Corpse Gives Life
  • 4. The Places and Tools of Execution
  • 5. Lingering Influences
  • Index.

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