Chapter 3 The Gibbet in the Landscape : Locating the Criminal Corpse in Mid-Eighteenth-Century England

doi:10.1057/9781137444011

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Ward, Richard (editor)

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Wellcome

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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.

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Keywords

capital punishment; smugglers; history; suicides; war criminals; execution; traitors; capital punishment; smugglers; history; suicides; war criminals; execution; traitors; Chichester; Gibbeting; London; 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