Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740–1834

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides the most in-depth study of capital punishment in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century to date. Based upon an extensive gathering and analysis of previously untapped resources, it takes the reader on a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Bennett, Rachel E. author (author)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Basingstoke Springer Nature 2017 Cham : 2018.
Edición:	1st ed. 2018.
Colección:	Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Materias:	Great Britain—History. Social history. Crime—Sociological aspects. Civilization—History. History. History of Britain and Ireland. Social History. Crime and Society. Cultural History. History of Science. Capital punishment Scotland eighteenth century nineteenth century Autopsy Dissection Edinburgh England Gallows Gibbeting Glasgow
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436090806719

Tabla de Contenidos:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: The Implementation of the Death Sentence in Scotland
Chapter 2: Capital Punishment and the Scottish Criminal Justice System
Chapter 3: Contextualising the Punishment of Death
Chapter 4: Scottish Women and the Hangman’s Noose
Part II: The Theatre of the Gallows in Scotland
Chapter 5: The Spectacle of the Scaffold
Chapter 6: A Fate Worse than Death? Dissection and the Criminal Corpse
Chapter 7: Hanging in Chains: The Criminal Corpse on Display
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Index. .

Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740–1834

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