Medievalism of the public death penalty as a mass holiday Cover Image

Медієвістика публічної смертної кари як масового свята
Medievalism of the public death penalty as a mass holiday

Author(s): Kateryna Yudova-Romanova
Subject(s): Middle Ages, Penology, Penal Policy
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: public death penalties of the Middle Ages; a mass show; inquisition; justice;

Summary/Abstract: In article public death penalties of the period of the Middle Ages in Europe as a version of mass action in which there is a certain script, executors and spectators are investigated. The author analyzes public – cultural functions of death penalties, systematizes the basic types of public death penalties, taking into account their script-director's and entertainment component.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 157-166
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Ukrainian