The History of Gibbeting : Britain's Most Brutal Punishment

Author(s): Priestley, Samantha

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	As New
Dust Jacket:	No
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Pen and Sword History
Publication Year:	2020
ISBN:	9781526755186
Book ID:	001878
Catalogue(s):	Crime, True Crime and Conspiracies

150pp. Black cloth boards, in a pictorial dust jacket. As new condition throughout. From the folklore of live gibbetings, to the eerie historical documenting of this weird post-execution tradition, this book examines how and why murderers and other serious criminals were treated in this manner. Through case studies, examines how the introduction of the Murder Act shaped the relationship with gibbeting for years to come, and how society demanded such a shocking post-mortem treatment of criminals.

Keywords:

crime and punishment execution crime murder punishing hanging