The London Hanged: Crime And Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century by Peter Linebaugh, Peter Linebaugh
The London Hanged: Crime And Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century

Peter Linebaugh, Peter Linebaugh

The London Hanged: Crime And Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century

Peter Linebaugh, Peter Linebaugh

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In 18th-century London the gallows at Tyburn was the dramatic focus of a struggle between the rich and the poor. Most of the London hanged were executed for property crimes, and the chief lesson that the gallows had to teach was "respect private p...

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