Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

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A provocative analysis of how Christianity helped legitimize the death penalty in early modern Europe, then throughout the Christian world, by turning execution into a great cathartic public ritual and the condemned into a Christ-like figure who accepts death to save humanity.

The public execution of criminals has been a common practice ever since ancient times. In this wide-ranging investigation of the death penalty in Europe from...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674659848

ISBN13:9780674659841

Release Date:July 2020

Publisher:Belknap Press

Length:640 Pages

Weight:2.45 lbs.

Dimensions:2.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

History Law Religion Religion & Spirituality

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