The History of Torture and Execution
From Early Civilization through Medieval Times to the Present
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- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
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Throughout history, cultures around the world have found justice for the most extreme crimes by condemning the guilty to death. Retribution has been served by many methods, from beheading, garroting, entombment, and burning, to modern means such as electrocution and lethal injection. And in the process of inflicting tortuous pain, even more ingenious devices have been employed. While torture has usually been carried out behind closed doors, it is only recently that executions have ceased to be a popular and public spectacle. The History of Torture and Execution examines these fascinating but grisly subjects by time, region, and method. Beginning with the often crude methods of meting out justice used by early and first millennium civilizations, and evolving from the sadistic tools of the medieval age to the modern search for humane execution, controversial issues are authoritatively covered.
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- Título
- The History of Torture and Execution
- Subtítulo
- From Early Civilization through Medieval Times to the Present
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Jean Kellaway
- Editorial
- Mercury Books
- Publicado en
- 2003
- Formato
- Tapa dura
- Páginas
- 192
- ISBN10
- 1904668038
- ISBN13
- 9781904668039
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Ciencias sociales, Tema histórico, Historias reales, Guías y Manuales, True crime, Historia mundial
- Calificación
- 4,4 de 5
- Descripción
- Throughout history, cultures around the world have found justice for the most extreme crimes by condemning the guilty to death. Retribution has been served by many methods, from beheading, garroting, entombment, and burning, to modern means such as electrocution and lethal injection. And in the process of inflicting tortuous pain, even more ingenious devices have been employed. While torture has usually been carried out behind closed doors, it is only recently that executions have ceased to be a popular and public spectacle. The History of Torture and Execution examines these fascinating but grisly subjects by time, region, and method. Beginning with the often crude methods of meting out justice used by early and first millennium civilizations, and evolving from the sadistic tools of the medieval age to the modern search for humane execution, controversial issues are authoritatively covered.