Pirates and Gallows at Execution Dock : Nautical Justice in Early Modern England

Execution Dock at Wapping was a performative space on the Thames River in London where pirates and other sea criminals were publicly executed by hanging. Wapping was the place where nautical justice was seen and put on display, in order to warn others of the omnipotence of the English Admiralty. A r...

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Main Author: Samantha Frénée
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Criminocorpus
Series:Criminocorpus
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/3080