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Seeing Justice Done: The Age of Spectacular Capital Punishment in France
A history of public executions in France from the medieval spectacle of suffering to the invention of the Revolutionary guillotine, up to the last public execution in 1939. Paul Friedland explores why spectacles of public execution were staged, as well as why thousands of spectators came to watch them.
| Author(s) | By Paul Friedland. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 346 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 3 Jul 2014 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
A history of public executions in France from the medieval spectacle of suffering to the invention of the Revolutionary guillotine, up to the last public execution in 1939. Paul Friedland explores why spectacles of public execution were staged, as well as why thousands of spectators came to watch them.
Introduction: Reading and Writing a History of Punishment ; PART I: THE ROOTS OF MODERN PUNISHMENT IN PRE-MODERN EUROPE ; 1. The Fall and Rise of Rome: Compensation, Atonement, and Deterrence in the Early Middle Ages ; 2. Criminal Intent and Spectacular P
