Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740-1834

This book provides the most in-depth study of capital punishment in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century to date. Based upon an extensive gathering and analysis of previously untapped resources, it takes the reader on a journey from the courtrooms of Scotland to the theat...

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Main Author: Bennett, Rachel E. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke Springer Nature 2017
Series:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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