The Theatre of Death : Rituals of Justice from the English Civil Wars to the Restoration.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klemp, P. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executions (Law).

Capital punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : University of Delaware Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book discusses rituals of justice--such as public executions, printed responses to the Archbishop of Canterbury's execution speech, and King Charles I's treason trial--in early modern England. Focusing on the ways in which genres shape these events' multiple voices, Paul Klemp analyzes the diverse perspectives from which we must understand these rituals, particularly the victims' last dying words.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

"I have been bred upon the Theater of death, and have learned that part"

The Earl of Strafford's Trial and Scaffold Speech

Archbishop William Laud in the Theatre of Execution

Civil War Politics and the Texts of Archbishop William Laud's Execution Sermon and Prayers

Genre Criticism and the Animadversions upon Archbishop William Laud's Execution Sermon and Prayers

Self-Referential Defense Strategies in King Charles I's Treason Trial

The Earl of Strafford, Archbishop Laud, and King Charles I's Deflation of Genre in His Speech Made upon the Scaffold

"The Last Actors in This Bloody Tragedy"

Afterword

Works Cited

Index

About the Author.

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ISBN:

9781644530320

1644530325

OCLC:

959081017