wyszukanych pozycji: 5
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Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960
ISBN: 9781350142589 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Spanning over 2 centuries, James Gregory's Mercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960 provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in British cultural history. While there are many histories of justice and punishment, mercy has been a neglected element despite recognition as an important feature of the 18th-century criminal code. Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960 looks first at mercy’s religious and philosophical aspects, its cultural representations and its embodiment. It then looks at large-scale mobilisation of mercy discourses in Ireland, during the French...
Spanning over 2 centuries, James Gregory's Mercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960 provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of merc...
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454,26 zł |
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Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960
ISBN: 9781350230040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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146,32 zł |
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The Royal Throne of Mercy and British Culture in the Victorian Age
ISBN: 9781350142435 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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504,74 zł |
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The Royal Throne of Mercy and British Culture in the Victorian Age
ISBN: 9781350213555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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151,37 zł |
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Victorians Against the Gallows: Capital Punishment and the Abolitionist Movement in Nineteenth Century Britain
ISBN: 9781350163492 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates...
By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to mu...
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166,51 zł |