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Dissecting the Criminal Corpse: Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife Elizabeth T. Hurren 1st ed. 2016 edition
Dissecting the Criminal Corpse: Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Elizabeth T. Hurren
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.
320 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 19, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781137582485 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 326 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 212 × 32 mm · 590 g |
| Language | English |