Executing Magic in the Modern Era : Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine.
Davies, Owen.
Executing Magic in the Modern Era : Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (122 pages) - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and Its Afterlife Series . - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and Its Afterlife Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abstract -- Public Execution and Post-mortem Punishment -- The Executioner -- Criminal Bodies -- Abstract -- The Witch -- The Witch's Blood as a Cure -- Corpses, Evidence and Feelings -- The Corpse Gives Life -- Abstract -- The Criminal Corpse in Pieces -- The Fresh Body -- The Places and Tools of Execution -- Abstract -- Providential Gallows -- The Gallows Mandrake -- The Last of the Executioners' Perquisites -- Money for Old Rope -- Memento or Talisman? An American Perspective -- Lingering Influences -- Abstract -- Hangman's Day -- Ghosts of Executed Criminals -- Suicide Ghosts -- Sanctifying the Executed Spirit -- Spiritualists Reach Out -- Index.
9783319595191
Electronic books.
HN
393
Executing Magic in the Modern Era : Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (122 pages) - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and Its Afterlife Series . - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and Its Afterlife Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abstract -- Public Execution and Post-mortem Punishment -- The Executioner -- Criminal Bodies -- Abstract -- The Witch -- The Witch's Blood as a Cure -- Corpses, Evidence and Feelings -- The Corpse Gives Life -- Abstract -- The Criminal Corpse in Pieces -- The Fresh Body -- The Places and Tools of Execution -- Abstract -- Providential Gallows -- The Gallows Mandrake -- The Last of the Executioners' Perquisites -- Money for Old Rope -- Memento or Talisman? An American Perspective -- Lingering Influences -- Abstract -- Hangman's Day -- Ghosts of Executed Criminals -- Suicide Ghosts -- Sanctifying the Executed Spirit -- Spiritualists Reach Out -- Index.
9783319595191
Electronic books.
HN
393