by George Ryley Scott · Merchant Book Company Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781859584934
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«The History of Corporal Punishment» is the historical essay by George Ryley Scott, published by Merchant Book Company Limited in paperback.
The book examines physical punishment as a social practice, from the Middle Ages until its disappearance from the penal and educational codes in the twentieth century. It pays attention to the erotic and psychological dimension of flagellation, with examples such as medieval religious orders, the Inquisition, and school and prison systems.
The work was first published in 1968 under the title «Flagellation». It falls within social history and penology.
For readers interested in social history and the evolution of punitive systems.
