Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine

• मुख्य लेखक: Francesca Matteoni (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Owen Davies (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• श्रृंखला: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
• विषय: witchcraft and magic; medical humanities; capital punishment
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and the magic of the gallows site. The use of corpses in medicine and magic has been...