Harnessing the power of the criminal corpse

This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Tarlow, Sarah, 1967- author (author), Battell Lowman, Emma. author
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Cham Springer Nature 2018 Cham : 2018.
Edición:	1st ed. 2018.
Colección:	Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Materias:	History. Crime > Sociological aspects. Historical sociology. Social history. History of Britain and Ireland. History of Science. Crime and Society. Historical Sociology. Social History. Great Britain > History. History Great Britain—History Crime—Sociological aspects Historical sociology Social history
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430458706719

Tabla de Contenidos:

SECTION ONE: THE CRIMINAL CORPSE IN HISTORY
1. Introduction
2. The Power of the Criminal Corpse in the Medieval World
3. How was the Power of the Criminal Corpse Harnessed in Early Modern England?
SECTION TWO: THE WORLD OF THE MURDER ACT
4. Murder and the Law, 1752-1832
5. Anatomisation and Dissection
6. Hanging in Chains
SECTION THREE: THE LEGACY OF THE CRIMINAL CORPSE
7. Seeking the Physical Remains of the Criminal Corpse
8. Folk Beliefs and Popular Tales
9. Conclusions: Ethics, Bullet Points and Other Ways of Telling
Index.

Harnessing the power of the criminal corpse

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