Dissecting the Criminal Corpse : Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England

Dissecting the Criminal Corpse 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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hurren, Elizabeth T. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke Springer Nature 2016
London : 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Materias:
1700-1799
Great Britain—History.
History.
Civilization—History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Science.
Cultural History.
England.
georgian england
convicts
murderers
homicide
early modern england
murder act
crime studies
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427892906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: INTRODUCTION
  • 1. The Condemned Body Leaving the Courtroom
  • 2. Becoming Really Dead: Dying by Degrees
  • 3. In Bad Shape: Sensing the Criminal Corpse
  • PART II: PREAMBLE
  • 4. Delivering Post-Mortem ‘Harm’: Cutting the Corpse
  • 5. Mapping Punishment:Provincial Places to Dissect
  • 6. The Disappearing Body: Dissection to the Extremities
  • PART III: CONCLUSION
  • 7. The Anatomical Legacy of the Criminal Corpse
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