Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine
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This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and the magic of the gallows site. The use of corpses in medicine and magic has been recorded back into antiquity. The lacerated bodies of Roman gladiators were used as a source of curative blood, for instance. In early modern Europe,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1013289072
ISBN13:9781013289071
Release Date:October 2020
Publisher:Saint Philip Street Press
Length:124 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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