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A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse

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Ward, Richard (editor)
Collection
Wellcome
Language
English
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Abstract
Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license.
Book
A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/186493
Keywords
capital punishment; smugglers; history; suicides; war criminals; execution; traitors; capital punishment; smugglers; history; suicides; war criminals; execution; traitors; Autopsy; Dissection; Early modern period; England; Europe; Gallows; Germany; Gibbeting; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMK Criminal or forensic psychology; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBZ Public international law: criminal law; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences
DOI
10.1057/9781137444011
ISBN
9781137443991
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publisher website
http://www.springernature.com/oabooks
Publication date and place
Basingstoke, 2015
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Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Series
Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife,
Pages
313