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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Hlavní autor: Tarlow, Sarah (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Témata:
Great Britain-History.
History.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Historical sociology.
Social history.
ISBN:9783319779089
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  • 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.

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