The history and politics of exhumation : royal bodies and lesser mortals / Michael L. Nash.
2019
RA637
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Title
The history and politics of exhumation : royal bodies and lesser mortals / Michael L. Nash.
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ISBN
9783030240479 (electronic book)
3030240479 (electronic book)
9783030240462
3030240479 (electronic book)
9783030240462
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 370 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-24047-9 doi
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RA637
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.7/5
Summary
This book argues that a serious, scholarly study on exhumation is long overdue. Examining more well-known cases, such as that of Richard III, the Romanovs, and Tutankhamen, alongside the more obscure, Michael Nash explores the motivations beyond exhumation, from retribution to repatriation. Along the way, he explores the influence of Gothic fiction in the eighteenth century, the notoriety of the Resurrection Men in the nineteenth century, and the archeological heyday of the twentieth century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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