Product Information
Hanging people for petty crimes as well as grave, the Bloody Penal code was at its most active between 1770 and 1830. Some 7,000 men and women were executed on public scaffolds, watched by crowds of thousands. Now in paperback, this acclaimed study is the first to explore what a wide range of people felt about these ceremonies.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780192853325
eBay Product ID (ePID)90252302
Product Key Features
Number of Pages656 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868
Publication Year1996
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorV. A. C. Gatrell
Subject AreaCriminal Law
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight944 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorV. A. C. Gatrell