Victorians Against the Gallows: Capital Punishment and the Abolitionist Movement in Nineteenth Century Britain
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Victorians Against the Gallows: Capital Punishment and the Abolitionist Movement in Nineteenth Century Britain

Victorians Against the Gallows: Capital Punishment and the Abolitionist Movement in Nineteenth Century Britain

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James Gregory (Author)  

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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 been reduced to murder, yet the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory 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. 13 bw illus
James Gregory is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Bradford. He is the author of Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and Reformers, Patrons and Philanthropists: The Cowper-Temples and High Politics in Victorian England (I.B.Tauris, 2009).
  • Contributor: James Gregory
  • Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN13: 9781350163492
  • Number of Pages: 384
  • Packaged Dimensions: 135x216mm
  • Packaged Weight: 449
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2020-05-28
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: James Gregory is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Bradford. He is the author of Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and Reformers, Patrons and Philanthropists: The Cowper-Temples and High Politics in Victorian England (I.B.Tauris, 2009).

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