Simon Devereaux
Historian and author of Execution, State and Society in England, 1660–1900 (Cambridge UP, 2023), specializing in the history of capital punishment and criminal justice in early modern and modern England.
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Jan 25, 2026 • 46min
Simon Devereaux, "Execution, State and Society in England, 1660–1900" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Professor Simon Devereaux, historian of capital punishment, explores how England transformed brutal public executions between 1660 and 1900. He traces urbanization, changing elite sensibilities, the Murder Act, anatomy laws, and the move of executions from public squares into prisons. Short, vivid scenes of ritual, crowd dynamics, and legal change bring the story to life.
