tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post281502061357141265..comments2023-09-14T17:37:49.571+10:00Comments on Victorian History: A Certain Grim PleasureDr Bruce Rosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11591761401001848135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-16086941473612556202011-04-25T03:51:08.889+10:002011-04-25T03:51:08.889+10:00Great post, and I`m glad you put in a quote from D...Great post, and I`m glad you put in a quote from Dickens who had such strong views on the subject.victorian fictionhttp://victorianfiction.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-26652706906808396982010-05-25T12:43:26.528+10:002010-05-25T12:43:26.528+10:00There was considerable debate about both the value...There was considerable debate about both the value of execution in general and public execution in particular; much of which took place in the 1840s. Some of the comments of the judicial establishment, particularly on such issues as "insanity" are really quite shocking.Dr Bruce Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11591761401001848135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-38173810226377842742010-05-25T12:04:30.916+10:002010-05-25T12:04:30.916+10:00I find executions morally repugnant, but even in t...I find executions morally repugnant, but even in the Victorian era, there was a dilemma, isn't there? <br /><br />If the authorities wanted to hang people inside gaols, they certainly could have. You have to assume they hanged people in public squares specifically to warn the labouring classes about what would happen to them if they misbehaved. I assume it was meant to be a sobering, Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-42705034613777395742010-05-25T02:31:27.010+10:002010-05-25T02:31:27.010+10:00I read it some years ago, but
The Lesson of the ...I read it some years ago, but <br /><br />The Lesson of the Scaffold: The Public Execution Controversy in Victorian England by David D. Cooper <br /><br />addsto this excellent post.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.com