Rituals of retribution

Autori

• Richard J. Evans

Parametri

• Politica
• Saggistica
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Storia
• Storia d'Europa

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The ideals of the Enlightenment transformed execution from a barbarous public spectacle into a far more impersonal, civilized process. Yet moves towards the complete abolition of the death penalty ground to a halt in 1870, with the creation of Bismarck's Empire. The Weimar Republic virtually abolished capital punishment - and then gave way to the Nazi bloodbath. It was not until 1949 that executions were outlawed in West Germany; in the Communist East they continued into the 1980s.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1997