Author: John Woodlands Watkin
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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A brief reply to mr. commissioner [C.] Phillips's 'Vacation thoughts on capital punishment'.
Author: John Woodlands Watkin
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Victorians Against the Gallows
Author: James Gregory
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857721062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates the 'gallows question' in an imperial context and explores the ways in which debates about the gallows and abolition featured in literature, from poetry to 'novels of purpose' and popular romances of the underworld. He places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality in a study which will be essential reading for students and researchers of Victorian history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857721062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates the 'gallows question' in an imperial context and explores the ways in which debates about the gallows and abolition featured in literature, from poetry to 'novels of purpose' and popular romances of the underworld. He places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality in a study which will be essential reading for students and researchers of Victorian history.
Public Execution in England, 1573-1868
Author: Leigh Yetter
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Plain Sermons, Preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street
Author: James Galloway Cowan
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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In 20 sermons, Reverend Cowan reads verses from throughout the Bible to aid his moral instruction. Plain Sermon includes the earnest thoughts of a passionate and devoted priest. Cowan lectures on the importance of worshippers' dependence on God, God's judgment, worldliness, and other topics.
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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In 20 sermons, Reverend Cowan reads verses from throughout the Bible to aid his moral instruction. Plain Sermon includes the earnest thoughts of a passionate and devoted priest. Cowan lectures on the importance of worshippers' dependence on God, God's judgment, worldliness, and other topics.
Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c
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Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Languages : en
Pages : 838
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The Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Languages : en
Pages : 492
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The Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
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Languages : en
Pages : 1788
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Languages : en
Pages : 1788
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