SECTION ONE: THE CRIMINAL CORPSE IN HISTORY.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Power of the Criminal Corpse in the Medieval World.- 3. How was the Power of the Criminal Corpse Harnessed in Early Modern England?.- SECTION TWO: THE WORLD OF THE MURDER ACT.- 4. Murder and the Law, 1752-1832.- 5. Anatomisation and Dissection.- 6. Hanging in Chains.- SECTION THREE: THE LEGACY OF THE CRIMINAL CORPSE.- 7. Seeking the Physical Remains of the Criminal Corpse.- 8. Folk Beliefs and Popular Tales.- 9. Conclusions: Ethics, Bullet Points and Other Ways of Telling.- Index.
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Sarah Tarlow is Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Leicester, UK. She has published extensively on the archaeology of death and burial, archaeological ethics, and the post-medieval archaeology of the British isles. She was PI on 'Harnesssing the Power of the Criminal Corpse', the research project on which this book is based.
Emma Battell Lowman is Lecturer in the History of the Americas at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, with research interests in historical narrative, connections between bodies and memory, and the use of power to shape social identity. She holds postgraduate degrees from the University of Victoria, Canada, and the University of Warwick.
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