Seeing Justice Done
| Author | : Paul Friedland |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 345 |
| Release | : 2012-06-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199592692 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199592691 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (691 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Seeing Justice Done by : Paul Friedland
Download or read book Seeing Justice Done written by Paul Friedland and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of public executions in France from the medieval spectacle of suffering to the invention of the Revolutionary guillotine, up to the last public execution in 1939. Paul Friedland explores why spectacles of public execution were staged, as well as why thousands of spectators came to watch them.
