The History and Politics of Exhumation Royal Bodies and Lesser Mortals /

• Main Author: Nash, Michael L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Civilization-History.; Social history.; Law-History.; Cultural History.; Social History.; Legal History.

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 th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Royal Bodies and Lesser Mortals
• Retribution & Reparation
• Identity & Investigation: I
• Identity & Investigation: II
• A Gothic Cult
• The Odour of Sanctity
• Royal Requiem
• Law Sacred & Secular
• Reasons many and various.