Executing Magic in the Modern Era

Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Av Owen Davies, Francesca Matteoni

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licenseThis 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-07-28
Mått148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt300 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Antal sidor118
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319595184

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Owen Davies is Professor at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has published widely on the history of witchcraft, magic, ghosts, and popular medicine.Francesca Matteoni worked on 'Strand 4: The Dead Sustaining Life' of the Wellcome Trust funded project, 'Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse'. She has also published in Italian and English on early-modern blood beliefs, familiars, and the use of criminal body parts.