Executing Magic in the Modern Era Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine /
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license 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...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Springer Nature |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. |
| Series: | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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