A weak woman in a strong battle : women and public execution in Early Modern England /

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"A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle provides a new perspective on the representations of women on the scaffold, focusing on how female victims and those writing about them constructed meaning from the ritual. A significant part of the execution spectacle-one used to assess the victim's proper...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lodine-Chaffey, Jennifer Lillian, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2022.
Colección:Strode studies in early modern literature and culture.
Temas:
Since 1485
Women prisoners > Great Britain > History.
Executions and executioners > Great Britain > History.
Capital punishment > Great Britain > History.
Women death row inmates > Great Britain > History.
Prisonnières > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Peine de mort > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Condamnées à mort > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Women prisoners
Women death row inmates
Executions and executioners
Capital punishment
Great Britain > History > 1485-
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1485-
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The English execution ritual in early modern England
  • Gendering the execution
  • Martyrdom and the female body
  • The female body on the scaffold
  • Women's last dying speeches: critiquing social norms
  • The modesty topos and women's executions.

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