Traditional Chinese penal law

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Adriano Prosperi

Durante i secoli di un ±lungo Medioevo¿ nelle città europee si venne progressivamente elaborando e strutturando un grande spettacolo: quello della morte per via di giustizia. Come ogni dramma teatrale, ciò che manteneva alta la tensione degli spettatori era l'incertezza dell'esito. Erano in gioco due vite, quella del corpo e quella dell'anima e tutte e due rimanevano in pericolo fino alla fine: una fine che si prolungava oltre l'esecuzione, quando il corpo rimaneva esposto alla folla, talvolta squartato e infilzato sulle picche talvolta pendente dalla forca, talvolta ancora ±sparato¿ dai chirurghi nel rito della ±notomia¿ pubblica. La sorte del corpo e quella dell'anima entrarono a far parte dei dialoghi che si svolsero tra il condannato e la folla per incanalarsi poi all'interno del confronto tra il condannato e gli esperti nell'arte del conforto, i membri di confraternite che si specializzarono in questa funzione e che, fiorite inizialmente nell'Italia centrosettentrionale fra Trecento e Quattrocento, si diffusero in seguito in tutta Europa --

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Coralou Peel Lassen

"Cpl. John H. Pardington, a member of the 24th Michigan Infantry of the famous Iron Brigade, was an articulate and observant soldier. His letters are filled with patriotic dedication to the cause, longing for his wife and baby, details of camp life, and reflections on the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and other engagements. They are also touching love letters, made even more poignant by the knowledge that Pardington will be killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. The letters reflect John's concerns about everything at home: how Sarah is being treated by relatives, the baby's exposure to scarlet fever, Sarah's money needs, and their plans to buy a home. The letters also reveal the stresses of war and the heroics of everyday life, whether at home or on the battlefield."--BOOK JACKET. "The collection also includes letters to his sister and father-in-law in which his opinions of President Lincoln, the changing leadership of the Army of the Potomac, and the hoped-for outcome of the war are expressed with wisdom and insight."--BOOK JACKET.

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John H. Wigger

Following the Revolutionary War, American Methodism grew at an astonishing rate, rising from fewer than 1,000 members in 1770 to over 250,000 by 1820. In Taking Heaven by Storm, John H. Wigger seeks to explain this remarkable expansion, offering a provocative reassessment of the role of popular religion in American life. Wigger examines American Methodism from a variety of angles, focusing in turn on the circuit riders who relentlessly pushed the Methodist movement forward, the critical role of women and African Americans within the movement, the enthusiastic nature of Methodist worship, and the unique community structure of early American Methodism. Under Methodism's influence, American evangelism became far more enthusiastic, egalitarian, entrepreneurial, and lay oriented - characteristics that continue to shape and define popular religion today.

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Robert Flynn and Susan Russell

As they reminisce about their childhood, thirteen interviewees chronicle life in Texas and other parts of the West during the early part of the twentieth century.