Dissecting the Criminal Corpse : Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England / / by Elizabeth T. Hurren |
Autore | Hurren Elizabeth T |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxx, 326 pages) : illustrations (some colour), 1 map |
Disciplina | 364.66094209033 |
Collana | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife |
Soggetto topico |
Great Britain—History
History Civilization—History History of Britain and Ireland History of Science Cultural History |
Soggetto non controllato |
georgian england
convicts murderers homicide early modern england murder act crime studies |
ISBN | 1-137-58249-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136547603321 |
Hurren Elizabeth T
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The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London / / Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen |
Autore | Andrew Donna T. <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) |
Disciplina | 345.42/0263 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McGowenRandall <1948-> |
Soggetto topico |
Trials (Forgery) - England - London
Forgers - Great Britain |
Soggetto non controllato |
1770s
18th century american revolution bonds british colonies british history capitalism character crime daniel perreau debt economics empire english history finance forgery fraud georgian england hanging james boswell john wilkes journalism king george iii legal trial london lord mansfield margaret rudd mistress national politics nonfiction perreau brothers public character robert perreau scandal sensation journalism stocks trial twins |
ISBN |
0-520-92370-7
1-59734-805-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. To The Hanging Tree -- Two. Alarming Crimes And Unsettling Stories -- Three. The Press And The Case -- Four. Passing Fair -- Five. Fashion And Its Discontents -- Six. Private Credit And Public Confidence -- Seven. Debating The Law -- Eight. Writing Her Life: Mrs. Rudd's Life Stories -- Nine. Mrs. Rudd On Trial -- Ten. "If Innocents Should Suffer" -- Eleven. Looking Back -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780589303321 |
Andrew Donna T. <1945->
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