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Camille Naish.
Death Comes to the Maiden: Sex and Execution, 1431-1933.
Published London: Routledge, 1991.
ISBN 0415055857;
ISBN-13: 9780415055857.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: TJ Press (Padstow) Ltd.
Size: 160x239x26mm.
Page count: text xi,274pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: the dustjacket on this copy is a bit scuffed, some wear at its edges and corners; page edges slightly grubby; a small patch of substrate revealed on the front endpaper, but otherwise looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 653g.

How to order this book

Emphasis largely post-medieval, and generally but not exclusively on French materials; mostly covers the period between Joan of Arc and the French revolution, but earlier material is included for context where appropriate.

Contents: Burials & burnings; Beheading; Hanging; Dame Guillotine; The art of immolation [on literary & artistic representations]; Conclusion. 

Illustrations: 8 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 6pp
Index: yes

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See also | Women’s studies | History of law |
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