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The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages
Robert Bartlett
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Description for The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages
Paperback. Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? This book tells the story of this putative miracle - why it happened, what it meant, and how we know about it. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HRAX; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? While no less than nine eyewitnesses attested to his demise, Cragh later proved to be very much alive, his resurrection attributed to the saintly entreaties of the defunct Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe. The Hanged Man tells the story of this putative miracle--why it happened, what it meant, and how we know about it. The nine eyewitness accounts live on in ... Read more
Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? While no less than nine eyewitnesses attested to his demise, Cragh later proved to be very much alive, his resurrection attributed to the saintly entreaties of the defunct Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe. The Hanged Man tells the story of this putative miracle--why it happened, what it meant, and how we know about it. The nine eyewitness accounts live on in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
238g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691126043
SKU
V9780691126043
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About Robert Bartlett
Robert Bartlett is Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of "The Making of Europe: Conquest, Coloniziaton and Cultural Change, 950-1350."
Reviews for The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages
"A gripping, educative and quite often disquieting excursion into [an] alien land... Robert Bartlett examines with verve, scholarship, and gusto the extraordinary story."
Maurice Keen, London Review of Books "Rich in drama, mystery, curiosity and coincidence... [Bartlett's] performance opens for us a panoramic window into the world of the Middle Ages and encapsulates an entire culture within the context of a ... Read more
Maurice Keen, London Review of Books "Rich in drama, mystery, curiosity and coincidence... [Bartlett's] performance opens for us a panoramic window into the world of the Middle Ages and encapsulates an entire culture within the context of a ... Read more