HIST 3130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Tyburn, Gallows
2 Oct 2017
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In 1680, the quiet city of essex was disrupted by the execution of john marketman. He was jealous of his wife and was so convinced that she was having an affair while he was away on a vacation eventually stabbed her to death with a knife despite the fact that she was pregnant. He gave a very long dying speech to those watching his execution and was found enthusiastic to reflect upon his sins. Analyses of executions have shown that it is not just a sign of dreadfulness from the past but an issue that deserves more exploring. Many found that the tyburn tree lay at the heart of the ideology and so did the ceremonies and the overall sense of popular culture. They say that public execution was not a simple display of showing brutality to a crowd but they were carried out in the context of a ceremony and ritual to those who watched.
