Execution, State and Society in England, 16601900

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Executions for Treason, 1660-1820; 3. Changing Cultures of Execution: Religion and Feeling, 1660-1770; 4. Changing Cultures of Execution: Reason and Reforms, 1770-1808; 5. The Murder Act: Anatomization, 1752-1832; 6. The Murder Act: Hanging in Chains, 1660-1834; 7. The 'Bloody Code' Debated, 1808-1821; 8. The 'Bloody Code' Diminished, 1822-1830; 9. The Vicissitudes of Public Execution, 1830-1900; 10. Conclusion.

About the author

Simon Devereaux is Associate Professor of History at the University of Victoria.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Devereaux, Simon (University of Victoria Devereaux, Devereaux Simon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009392150
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0939215-0
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Studies in Legal History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Legal History, Social and cultural history, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards