Executing Magic in the Modern Era : Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine

This 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. The use of corpses in medicine and magic has been...

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Glavni avtor: Davies, Owen (auth)
Drugi avtorji: Matteoni, Francesca (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Izdano: Basingstoke Springer Nature 2017
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