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Full Description
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.
Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Capital Punishment in Early Modern England Chapter 1: "I have been bred upon the Theater of death, and have learned that part": The Execution Ritual During the English Revolution Chapter 2: The Earl of Strafford's Trial and Scaffold Speech: Texts and Contexts Chapter 3: The Earl of Strafford's Trial and Scaffold Speech: Textual Aftermaths Chapter 4: Archbishop William Laud in the Theatre of Execution Chapter 5: Civil War Politics and the Texts of Archbishop William Laud'sExecution Sermon and Prayers Chapter 6: Genre Criticism and the Animadversions upon Archbishop William Laud'sExecution Sermon and Prayers Chapter 7: Self-Referential Defense Strategies in King Charles I's Treason Trial Chapter 8: The Earl of Strafford, Archbishop Laud, and King Charles I's Deflation of Genre in His Speech Made upon the Scaffold Chapter 9: "The Last Actors in This Bloody Tragedy": The Regicides in the Theatre of Death Afterword Works Cited IndexAbout the Author
