1646-1661

1646-1661
Author: Benjamin Hanbury
Publisher:
Total Pages: 688
Release: 1844
Genre: Congregationalism
ISBN:

The Theatre of Death

The Theatre of Death
Author: P.J. Klemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2016-10-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1611496292

This book discusses rituals of justice—such as public executions, printed responses to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s execution speech, and King Charles I’s treason trial—in early modern England. Focusing on the ways in which genres shape these events’ multiple voices, Paul Klemp analyzes the diverse perspectives from which we must understand these rituals, particularly the victims’ last dying words.