(Source: Palgrave Macmillan)
Palgrave Macmillan has published
a new book on the politics and history of exhumation.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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 Ressurection Men in the
nineteenth century, and the archeological heyday of the twentieth century.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael L. Nash is a
well-known legal and royal historian, consultant and broadcaster who teaches at
the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a Judge of the Diocesan Tribunal of
East Anglia and royal historian of BBC Radio Norfolk. He has contributed over
200 articles to legal and historical publications and his previous book, Royal
Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008, was published by Palgrave in 2017.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of contents (10 chapters)
Introduction
Pages 1-3
Royal Bodies and Lesser Mortals
Pages 5-15
Retribution and Reparation
Pages 17-65
Identity & Investigation: I
Pages 67-127
Identity & Investigation: II
Pages 129-157
A Gothic Cult
Pages 159-191
The Odour of Sanctity
Pages 193-217
Royal Requiem
Pages 219-253
Law Sacred and Secular
Pages 255-265
Reasons Many and Various
Pages 267-325
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