Download or read book Death in Scotland written by Peter C. Jupp and published by Studies in the History and Culture of Scotland. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteen essays gathered in this book probe the multi-facetted role of death in Scottish history and culture. They explore personal fears of death, anxieties about Predestination, prayers for the dead and the appeal of Spiritualism

Download or read book Annual Report of the Registrar General on the Births Deaths and Marriages Registered in Scotland written by Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland 1740 1834 written by Rachel E Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the most in-depth study of capital punishment in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century to date. Based upon an extensive gathering and analysis of previously untapped resources, it takes the reader on a journey from the courtrooms of Scotland to the theatre of the gallows. It introduces them to several of the malefactors who faced the hangman's noose and explores the traditional hallmarks of the spectacle of the scaffold. It demonstrates that the period between 1740 and 1834 was one of discussion, debate and fundamental change in the use of the death sentence and how it was staged in practice. In addition, the study provides an innovative investigation of the post-mortem punishment of the criminal corpse. It offers the reader an insight into the scene at the foot of the gibbets from which criminal bodies were displayed, and around the dissection tables of Scotland's main universities where criminal bodies were used as cadavers for anatomical demonstration. In doing so it reveals an intermediate stage in the long-term disappearance of public bodily punishment. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Download or read book Scotland s Black Death written by Karen Jillings and published by Tempus. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early months of 1349 Scottish soldiers engaged in border warfare praised God that many of their English opponents were being felled by a new and terrifying affliction. This book describes the social impact of the plague - cynicism towards the Church and the abandonment of serfdom, all integral to the development of the country.

Download or read book Report on Presumption of Death written by Scottish Law Commission and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What to Do After a Death in Scotland written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information about what to do after someone dies in Scotland, and about succession and inheritance law.

Download or read book The Strange Death of Scottish History written by Marinell Ash and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book No Fixed Abode written by Maeve McClenaghan and published by Picador. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will finally give a face and a voice to those we so easily forget in our society. It will tell the highly personal, human and sometimes surprisingly uplifting stories of real people struggling in a crumbling system. By telling their stories, we will come to know these people; to know their hopes and fears, their complexities and their contradictions. We will learn a little more about human relationships, in all their messiness. And we’ll learn how, with just a little too much misfortune, any of us could find ourselves homeless, even become one of the hundreds of people dying on Britain’s streets. As the number of rough sleepers skyrockets across the UK, No Fixed Abode by Maeve McClenaghan will also bring to light many of the ad-hoc projects attempting to address the problem. You will meet some of the courageous people who dedicate their lives to saving the forgotten of our society and see that the smallest act of kindness or affection can save a life. This is a timely and important book encompassing wider themes of inequality and austerity measures; through the prism of homelessness, it offers a true picture of Britain today – and shows how terrifyingly close to breaking point we really are.

Download or read book Supplement to the Registrar General s Reports on Births Marriages and Deaths in Scotland during the ten years 1861 1870 written by Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Scotland written by John Lesley and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Detailed Annual Report of the Registrar General of Births Deaths and Marriages in Scotland written by Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Life and Death of King James the First of Scotland written by Maitland Club and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life and Death on Little Ross written by David R. Collin and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2018-04-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of 117 years of devotion to duty, peacefulness and calm, disrupted forever by a day of inexplicable violence

Download or read book Life of Mary Queen of Scots By James Grant written by Mary (Queen of Scots) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book White Death written by Robbie Morrison and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1916, Pietro Aquasanta, an Italian rifleman, returns to his childhood home of the Trentino mountain range to find that it's no longer the realm of wonder and adventure he remembers, but has become a place of death and despair, where the elements are as great a threat as the enemy. No weapon of war was more feared than the White Death, thundering avalanches deliberately caused by cannon fire which consumed everything in their path

Download or read book Poor Things written by Alasdair Gray and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter--a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of Bella, but his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for Baxter's creation.The hilarious tale of love and scandal that ensues would be "the whole story" in the hands of a lesser author (which in fact it is, for this account is actually written by Dr. McCandless). For Gray, though, this is only half the story, after which Bella (a.k.a. Victoria McCandless) has her own say in the matter.Satirizing the classic Victorian novel, Poor Things is a hilarious political allegory and a thought-provoking duel between the desires of men and the independence of women, from one of Scotland's most accomplished authors.