Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740–1834
This book provides the most in-depth study of capital punishment in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century to date. Based upon an extensive gathering and analysis of previously untapped resources, it takes the reader on a journey from the courtrooms of Scotland to the theat...
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| description | This book provides the most in-depth study of capital punishment in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century to date. Based upon an extensive gathering and analysis of previously untapped resources, it takes the reader on a journey from the courtrooms of Scotland to the theatre of the gallows. It introduces them to several of the malefactors who faced the hangman’s noose and explores the traditional hallmarks of the spectacle of the scaffold. It demonstrates that the period between 1740 and 1834 was one of discussion, debate and fundamental change in the use of the death sentence and how it was staged in practice. In addition, the study provides an innovative investigation of the post-mortem punishment of the criminal corpse. It offers the reader an insight into the scene at the foot of the gibbets from which criminal bodies were displayed, and around the dissection tables of Scotland’s main universities where criminal bodies were used as cadavers for anatomical demonstration. In doing so it reveals an intermediate stage in the long-term disappearance of public bodily punishment. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-321752025-07-30T10:21:06Z Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740–1834 Bennett, Rachel E. Capital punishment Scotland eighteenth century nineteenth century Autopsy Dissection Edinburgh England Gallows Gibbeting Glasgow thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History This book provides the most in-depth study of capital punishment in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century to date. Based upon an extensive gathering and analysis of previously untapped resources, it takes the reader on a journey from the courtrooms of Scotland to the theatre of the gallows. It introduces them to several of the malefactors who faced the hangman’s noose and explores the traditional hallmarks of the spectacle of the scaffold. It demonstrates that the period between 1740 and 1834 was one of discussion, debate and fundamental change in the use of the death sentence and how it was staged in practice. In addition, the study provides an innovative investigation of the post-mortem punishment of the criminal corpse. It offers the reader an insight into the scene at the foot of the gibbets from which criminal bodies were displayed, and around the dissection tables of Scotland’s main universities where criminal bodies were used as cadavers for anatomical demonstration. In doing so it reveals an intermediate stage in the long-term disappearance of public bodily punishment. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-09-24 23:55 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T12:22:32Z 2017 book 1001536 OCN: 1028662331 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28421 9783319620183 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32175 eng Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28421/1/Bookshelf_NBK481731.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28421/1/Bookshelf_NBK481731.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28421/1/Bookshelf_NBK481731.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28421/1/Bookshelf_NBK481731.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-319-62018-3 10.1007/978-3-319-62018-3 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a Wellcome Trust 9783319620183 Wellcome Palgrave Macmillan 243 Basingstoke open access |
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