Execution, state, and society in England, 1660-1900

This book provides the first comprehensive account of execution practices in England and their extraordinary transformation from 1660 to 1900. Agonizing execution rituals were once common. Male traitors were hanged, disembowelled while still alive, then decapitated and quartered. Female traitors were burned alive. And common ...

Penal Practice and Culture; 1500-1900

Punishing yhe English