The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain
This book is the first academic study of the post-mortem practice of gibbeting (‘hanging in chains’), since the nineteenth century. Gibbeting involved placing the executed body of a malefactor in an iron cage and suspending it from a tall post. A body might remain in the gibbet for many decades, whi...
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| description | This book is the first academic study of the post-mortem practice of gibbeting (‘hanging in chains’), since the nineteenth century. Gibbeting involved placing the executed body of a malefactor in an iron cage and suspending it from a tall post. A body might remain in the gibbet for many decades, while it gradually fell to pieces. Hanging in chains was a very different sort of post-mortem punishment from anatomical dissection, although the two were equal alternatives in the eyes of the law. Where dissection obliterated and de-individualised the body, hanging in chains made it monumental and rooted it in the landscape, adding to personal notoriety. Focusing particularly on the period 1752-1832, this book provides a summary of the historical evidence, the factual history of gibbetting which explores the locations of gibbets, the material technologies involved in hanging in chains, and the actual process from erection to eventual collapse. It also considers the meanings, effects and legacy of this gruesome practice. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-487432023-12-20T16:25:01Z The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain Sarah Tarlow K5000-5582 history of crime medical humanities capital punishment bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKV Crime & criminology::JKVG Drugs trade / drug trafficking This book is the first academic study of the post-mortem practice of gibbeting (‘hanging in chains’), since the nineteenth century. Gibbeting involved placing the executed body of a malefactor in an iron cage and suspending it from a tall post. A body might remain in the gibbet for many decades, while it gradually fell to pieces. Hanging in chains was a very different sort of post-mortem punishment from anatomical dissection, although the two were equal alternatives in the eyes of the law. Where dissection obliterated and de-individualised the body, hanging in chains made it monumental and rooted it in the landscape, adding to personal notoriety. Focusing particularly on the period 1752-1832, this book provides a summary of the historical evidence, the factual history of gibbetting which explores the locations of gibbets, the material technologies involved in hanging in chains, and the actual process from erection to eventual collapse. It also considers the meanings, effects and legacy of this gruesome practice. 2021-02-11T14:44:10Z 2021-02-11T14:44:10Z 2017-11-23 15:41:55 2017 book 24598 0 9781137600882 9781137600899 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48743 eng Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137600882 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-60089-9 Palgrave Macmillan https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60089-9 https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60089-9 d27cd9b0-53e1-403f-a4c8-b180427f6be6 9781137600882 9781137600899 155 open access |
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