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Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife Owen Davies Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 edition
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Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Owen Davies
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licenseThis 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.
118 pages, VII, 118 p.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 4, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9783319866437 |
| Publishers | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 118 |
| Dimensions | 208 × 150 × 14 mm · 188 g |
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