Tyburn's martyrs : execution in England, 1675-1775 / Andrea McKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, Andrea.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--England--History--18th century.

Capital punishment.

Capital punishment--England--History--17th century.

Executions and executioners--England--History--18th century.

Executions and executioners.

Executions and executioners--England--History--17th century.

Gallows--England--London--History.

Gallows.

Tyburn (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 316 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Hambledon Continuum, 2007.

Contents:

From Newgate to Tyburn : setting the stage

From the gallows to Grub Street : last dying speeches and criminal 'lives'

Everyman and the gallows : contemporary explanations for criminality

Highwaymen lives : social critique and the criminal

Ordinary's account : confession and the criminal

Dying well : martyrs and penitents

Dying game : bridegrooms and highwaymen

God's tribunal : providential discoveries and ordeals

Conclusion : adjournment of God's tribunal?

Appendix A : Ordinary's account

Appendix B : Ordinaries of Newgate, 1676-1799.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: McKenzie, Andrea. Tyburn's martyrs.

ISBN:

9781472599513 (electronic bk.)

1472599519 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99992175795

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.