Dissecting the criminal corpse: staging post-execution punishment in early modern england
Auteur :
Hurren, Elizabeth T.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137582485
Date de publication :
19 août 2016
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society.