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Executing Magic in the Modern Era Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine /

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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...

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Auteurs principaux: Davies, Owen (Auteur), Matteoni, Francesca (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Collection:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Sujets:
History.
Great Britain > History.
Civilization > History.
Social history.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Social History.
History of Science.
Crime and Society.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Cultural History.
Accès en ligne:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59519-1
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Table des matières:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Criminal Bodies
  • 3. The Corpse Gives Life
  • 4. The Places and Tools of Execution
  • 5. Lingering Influences
  • Index.

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