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Penal Practice and Culture, 1500–1900: Punishing the English
Griffiths, Paul; Devereaux, Simon
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hardcover. The studies of penal practice presented in this volume explore issues of violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of public punishment, the rise of imprisonment, and reforms of the capital code. Num Pages: 329 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. This collection stretches from whipping to the gallows, and from the first houses of correction to penitentiaries. Punishment provides a striking way to examine the development of culture and society through time. These studies of penal practice explore violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of public punishment, the rise of imprisonment and reforms of the capital code.
The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. This collection stretches from whipping to the gallows, and from the first houses of correction to penitentiaries. Punishment provides a striking way to examine the development of culture and society through time. These studies of penal practice explore violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of public punishment, the rise of imprisonment and reforms of the capital code.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333997406
SKU
V9780333997406
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About Griffiths, Paul; Devereaux, Simon
J. R. DICKINSON Researcher, University of York CYNTHIA HERRUP Professor of History and Law, Duke University, Durham MARTIN INGRAM Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford RANDAL MCGOWEN Professor of History, University of Oregon MARK RIGSTAD Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Oakland University, Minnesota PHILIPPE ROSENBERG Lecturer, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey KATHERINE ROYER Assistant Professor of History, California State University Stanislaus J. A. SHARPE ... Read more
Reviews for Penal Practice and Culture, 1500–1900: Punishing the English
'[This] volume's coherence and consistently high quality will recommend it to scholars as well as undergraduate students.' - English Historical Review