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The History Of Gibbeting

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Author : Samantha Priestley
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-03-30

The History Of Gibbeting written by Samantha Priestley and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-30 with History categories.

The history of gibbeting is the story of one of Britain’s most brutal forms of punishments, the hanging of criminals in a body shaped metal cage as a warning and as a form of justice. From the folklore of live gibbetings to the eerie historical documenting of this weird post-execution tradition, The History of Gibbeting examines how and why we dealt with murderers and other serious criminals in this way. The book uses case studies through history and takes a look at how the introduction of the Murder Act shaped our relationship with gibbeting for years to come, and how we as a society demanded the most shocking post-mortem treatment of criminals. Whether gibbeting was ever a successful deterrent, it is still a fascination today and gibbet cages remain on display in museums all over the country.

The Golden And Ghoulish Age Of The Gibbet In Britain

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Author : Sarah Tarlow
language : en
Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
Release Date : 2020-10-09

The Golden And Ghoulish Age Of The Gibbet In Britain written by Sarah Tarlow and has been published by Saint Philip Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-09 with categories.

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. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

The Golden And Ghoulish Age Of The Gibbet In Britain

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Author : Sarah Tarlow
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-12-29

The Golden And Ghoulish Age Of The Gibbet In Britain written by Sarah Tarlow and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-29 with History categories.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. 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.

The History Of Gibbeting

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Author : Samantha Priestley
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-03-30

The History Of Gibbeting written by Samantha Priestley and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-30 with True Crime categories.

An eye-opening guide to the public execution practice of hanging criminals in body-shaped cages as a crime deterrent or religious punishment. The history of gibbeting is the story of one of Britain’s most brutal forms of punishments, the hanging of criminals in a body shaped metal cage as a warning and as a form of justice. From the folklore of live gibbetings to the eerie historical documenting of this weird post-execution tradition, The History of Gibbeting examines how and why we dealt with murderers and other serious criminals in this way. The book uses case studies through history and takes a look at how the introduction of the Murder Act shaped our relationship with gibbeting for years to come, and how we as a society demanded the most shocking post-mortem treatment of criminals. Whether gibbeting was ever a successful deterrent, it is still a fascination today and gibbet cages remain on display in museums all over the country. “I have to say that I was not aware that gibbeting involved metal cages, nor how society clamored for post-mortems on gibbeted victims. Absolutely fascinating, but not for the faint-hearted!” —Books Monthly

Hanging In Chains

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Author : Albert Hartshorne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

Hanging In Chains written by Albert Hartshorne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Capital punishment categories.

"First edition of this scarce book, and an uncommonly upbeat work on capital punishment. Hartshorne's Hanging In Chains provides us with a brief history of execution in England and Europe and then covers in great detail the practice of gibbetting, the hanging of a person in chains as either a means of execution or torture and the display of piracy and wrongdoing to the general public. The work has significant material on pirates and piracy."--Description from Buddenbrooks, bookseller.

Harnessing The Power Of The Criminal Corpse

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Author : Sarah Tarlow
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-05-17

Harnessing The Power Of The Criminal Corpse written by Sarah Tarlow and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-17 with History categories.

This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of medicine, and the history of crime, and great symbolic resonance in literature and popular culture. Starting with a consideration of the criminal corpse in the medieval and early modern periods, chapters go on to review the histories of criminal justice, of medical history and of gibbeting under the Murder Act, and ends with some discussion of the afterlives of the corpse, in literature, folklore and in contemporary medical ethics. Using sophisticated insights from cultural history, archaeology, literature, philosophy and ethics as well as medical and crime history, this book is a uniquely interdisciplinary take on a fascinating historical phenomenon.

Execution

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Author : Simon Webb
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-12-31

Execution written by Simon Webb and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-31 with History categories.

Judicial hanging is regarded by many as being the quintessentially British execution. However, many other methods of capital punishment have been used in this country; ranging from burning, beheading and shooting to crushing and boiling to death. Execution: A History of Capital Punishment in Britain explores these types of execution in detail. Readers may be surprised to learn that a means of mechanical decapitation, the Halifax Gibbet, was being used in England five hundred years before the guillotine was invented. Boiling to death was a prescribed means of execution in this country during the Tudor period. From the public death by starvation of those gibbeted alive, to the burning of women for petit treason, this book examines some of the most gruesome passages of British history. This carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to those interested in the history of British executions.

Port Towns And Urban Cultures

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Author : Brad Beaven
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-05-04

Port Towns And Urban Cultures written by Brad Beaven and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-04 with History categories.

Despite the port’s prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime and urban space, port towns were sites of complex cultural exchanges. This book, the product of international scholarship, offers innovative and challenging perspectives on the cultural histories of ports, ranging from eighteenth-century Africa to twentieth-century Australasia and Europe. The essays in this important collection explore two key themes; the nature and character of ‘sailortown’ culture and port-town life, and the representations of port towns that were forged both within and beyond urban-maritime communities. The book’s exploration of port town identities and cultures, and its use of a rich array of methodological approaches and cultural artefacts, will make it of great interest to both urban and maritime historians. It also represents a major contribution to the emerging, interdisciplinary field of coastal studies.

Executing Magic In The Modern Era

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Author : Owen Davies
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-07-19

Executing Magic In The Modern Era written by Owen Davies and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-19 with History categories.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and the magic of the gallows site. The use of corpses in medicine and magic has been recorded back into antiquity. The lacerated bodies of Roman gladiators were used as a source of curative blood, for instance. In early modern Europe, a great trade opened up in ancient Egyptian mummies and the fat of executed criminals, plundered as medicinal cure-alls. However, this is the first book to consider the demand for the blood of the executed, the desire for human fat, the resort to the hanged man’s hand, and the trade in hanging rope in the modern era. It ends by look at the spiritual afterlife of dead criminals.

A Companion To The History Of Crime And Criminal Justice

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Author : Turner, Jo
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2017-06-21

A Companion To The History Of Crime And Criminal Justice written by Turner, Jo and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-21 with Social Science categories.

This companion addresses the history of crime and punishment through entries by expert contributors that select and define the central vocabulary and terminology for the study of the history of crime and punishment. Organized alphabetically, with useful cross-references and bibliographies, it goes beyond mere definitions to offer rigorous critical analysis of the terms and their use within the field, both now and in the past. It will be essential to students, researchers, and teachers in the field.