A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle : Women and Public Execution in Early Modern England /

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"A study of the depictions of women's executions in Renaissance England "--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lodine-Chaffey, Jennifer Lillian, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women prisoners.
Women death row inmates.
Executions and executioners.
Capital punishment.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Prisonnieres > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Peine de mort > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Condamnees à mort > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Women prisoners > Great Britain > History.
Executions and executioners > Great Britain > History.
Capital punishment > Great Britain > History.
Women death row inmates > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1485-
Great Britain > History > 1485-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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