| Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Contributor(s): Earle, Alice Morse (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766167089 ISBN-13: 9780766167087 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: In ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of the books Ms. Earle wrote on colonial history, she found and noted much of interest which was not used or referred to in any of those books. An accumulation of notes on old-time laws, punishments and penalties evoked this volume. The subject is not a pleasant one, though it often has a humorous element; but a punishment that is obsolete gains an interest and dignity from antiquity and its history becomes endurable because it has a past only and no future. Contents: bilboes; ducking stool; stocks/ pillory; punishments of authors and books; whipping post; scarlet letter; branks and gags; public penance; military punishments; branding and maiming. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Political Science | Law Enforcement |
| Dewey: 973.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 8.26" W x 11.1" (0.83 lbs) 156 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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