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MDT Ep. 90: Medieval True Crime IV: In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole
MDT Ep. 90: Medieval True Crime IV: In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
May 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We finish off our Medieval True Crime miniseries with a look at two hangings from the year 1484 and explore some of the practices surrounding and meanings of hanging as a mode of execution in medieval Europe.
Today's Text
Knox, Ronald, and Shane Leslie, editors and translators. The Miracles of King Henry VI. Cambridge UP, 1923.
References
Merback, Mitchell B. The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. U of Chicago P, 1999.
Today's Text
Knox, Ronald, and Shane Leslie, editors and translators. The Miracles of King Henry VI. Cambridge UP, 1923.
References
Merback, Mitchell B. The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. U of Chicago P, 1999.
Released:
May 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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