How to Hang in Chains
How, Where and When Eighteenth-Century Sheriffs Organised a Gibbeting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23468036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Tarlow (0009-0008-5468-9137, University of Leicester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 33-78 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/978-1-137-60089-9_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2766096930 |
| ISBN | 9781137600899 |
| Language | EN |
The criminal corpse undertook a journey from the scaffold to the gibbet. The gibbet was commonly located near the scene of crime and in a conspicuous location, usually within sight of a major road. Customary gibbet places existed in London and in some coastal locationGibbet placement/location , but usually the body was transported from the place of executionExecution to the place of hanging in chains. Sometimes, especially earlier in our period, criminals were executed and hung in chains from the same scaffold at the scene of crime. Gibbet cages were made quickly and did not develop local styles. The scene of a gibbeting was often a rowdy and carnivalesque occasion.
Art · Crime scene · Criminology · Hang · Sight · Sociology · Visual arts · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · History · Law in Society and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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