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Seeing justice done : the age of spectacular capital punishment in France
1st ed.
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Friedland, Paul, 1962-
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- Oxford University Press,
- Pub date:
- 2012.
- Physical desc:
- x, 334 p. :
- ISBN:
- 9780199592692
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1st ed.
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Seeing justice done : the age of spectacular capital punishment in France
1st ed.
Friedland, Paul, 1962-
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ISBN:
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9780199592692 (hardback)
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ISBN:
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0199592691 (hardback)
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Personal Author:
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Friedland, Paul, 1962-
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Title:
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Seeing justice done : the age of spectacular capital punishment in France / Paul Friedland.
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Edition:
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1st ed.
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Publication info:
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Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Physical descrip:
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x, 334 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:
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Introduction: reading and writing a history of punishment -- pt. 1. The roots of modern punishment in pre-modern Europe -- The fall and rise of Rome: compensation, atonement, and deterrence in the early middle ages -- Criminal intent and spectacular punishment: the infiltration of Roman legal theory and practice into French customary law -- pt. 2. Executioners and the ritual of execution -- Extraordinary beings: the life and work of executioners -- The execution of justice: the ritual of punishment in medieval and early modern France -- pt. 3. Spectators and spectacle -- From ritual to spectacle: the rise of the penal voyeur in early modern France -- Executions, spectator emotions, and the naturalization of sympathy -- A spectacular crisis: watching executions in the age of Sensibilité -- pt. 4. A death penalty for the modern age -- Theorizing a new death penalty: penal reform on the eve of the revolution -- Legislating the new death penalty: the simple deprivation of life -- Executing the new death penalty: the invisible spectacle of the guillotine -- Epilogue: The play over, the actors (slowly) leave the stage -- Conclusion: Punishment past and present.
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Subject term:
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Capital punishment--France--History.
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Subject term:
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Executions and executioners--France--History.
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Subject term:
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Guillotine--France--History.
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Genre:
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History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628