How to Hang in Chains: How, Where and When Eighteenth-Century Sheriffs Organised a Gibbeting
Year: 2017
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: 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.
Source: Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
Author: Sarah Tarlow
Institution: University of Leicester
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2766096930