Seeing justice done : the age of spectacular capital punishment in France /
This title presents a history of public executions in France from the medieval spectacle of suffering to the invention of the Revolutionary guillotine, up to the last public execution in 1939. Paul Friedland explores why spectacles of public execution were staged, as well as why thousands of spectat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, U.K. :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This title presents a history of public executions in France from the medieval spectacle of suffering to the invention of the Revolutionary guillotine, up to the last public execution in 1939. Paul Friedland explores why spectacles of public execution were staged, as well as why thousands of spectators came to watch them. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 334 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191612404 (electronic bk.) 0191612405 (electronic bk.) |