Project Gutenberg 2014-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 73 Hartshorne, Albert 1839 1910 Hanging in Chains Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Hanging in Chains" by Albert Hartshorne is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the historical practices and legalities surrounding capital punishment in England, specifically focusing on the gibbeting of bodies as a form of public deterrence. The text highlights various punishments over the centuries, including details about notorious figures and events related to executions, exploring societal perceptions of death and dishonor associated with gibbeting. At the start of the narrative, the author discusses the significance of burial in ancient cultures, particularly among the Jews, Egyptians, and Greeks, emphasizing the shame and infamy associated with dying outside of proper burial rites. Hartshorne uses biblical references and historical anecdotes to illustrate the horror that was gibbeting, detailing how this form of punishment was employed to instill fear in the public and serve as a warning against crime. The opening sets an eerie tone, preparing readers for a detailed exploration of the macabre aspects of judicial punishments throughout history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46432/46432-h/images/cover.jpg en Punishment HV Text Browsing: Law & Criminology 192502 192510 2024-09-19T11:32:29.146270 2023-09-20T07:41:35.843192 text/html text/html 187547 2014-07-27T15:01:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 441336 2014-07-27T15:01:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 455519 2024-09-19T11:32:35.672250 application/epub+zip 456057 2024-09-19T11:32:30.791282 application/epub+zip 123103 2024-09-19T11:32:29.676284 application/epub+zip 1057806 2024-09-19T11:32:38.832251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1001832 2024-09-19T11:32:34.462265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171854 2022-09-21T06:27:53.746413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126445 2024-09-19T11:32:28.412293 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 126294 2014-07-27T15:01:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 51233 2014-07-27T15:01:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17080 2024-09-19T11:32:38.963215 application/rdf+xml 13764 2024-09-19T11:32:29.777263 image/jpeg 2187 2024-09-19T11:32:29.727257 image/jpeg 441832 2024-09-19T11:32:29.230261 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog