Dissecting the criminal corpse : staging post-execution punishment in early modern England /: staging post-execution punishment in early modern England. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth T. Hurren.
• Authors: Hurren, Elizabeth T
• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Condemned Body Leaving the Courtroom -- 2. Becoming Really Dead: Dying by Degrees -- 3. In Bad Shape: Sensing the Criminal Corpse -- PART II: PREAMBLE -- 4. Delivering Post-Mortem 'Harm': Cutting the Corpse -- 5. Mapping Punishment:Provincial Places to Dissect -- 6. The Disappearing Body: Dissection to the Extremities -- PART III: CONCLUSION -- 7. The Anatomical Legacy of the Criminal Corpse.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xxx, 312 pages)), illustrations
• Subjects: 364.66094209/033; Hanging -- England -- History -- 18th century; Human dissection -- England -- History -- 18th century; British and Irish history; European history; History of science; History; History: specific events and topics; Humanities; Mathematics and science; Regional and national history; Science: general issues; Social and cultural history; Hanging; Human dissection; Capital Punishment -- history; Dissection -- history; Cadaver; Criminals -- history; Cause of Death; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; England; England; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137582492; 1137582499; 1137582480; 9781137582485
• Related ISBNs: 9781137582485
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (November 7, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.