Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840

1. Introduction
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2. ‘Hanging not Punishment Enough’: Attitudes to Aggravated Forms of Execution and the Making of the Murder Act 1690–1752
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3. Patterns of Post-execution Sentencing in England and Wales 1752–1834. The Murder Act in Operation
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4. Changing Attitudes to Post-execution Punishment 1752–1834
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5. Conclusion
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Keywords: History, Cultural History, History of Britain and Ireland, Crime and Society, History of Science, Social History