Singing the News of Death

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
List of Music Examples
Introduction

Part I: Selling the news of death
Chapter One: The significance of contrafactum or, how melody made meaning
Chapter Two: The centrality of shame in the punishment ritual
Chapter Three: Fake news? How execution ballads walked the line between truth and fiction

Part II: Crimes that Feature in Execution Ballads
Chapter Four: The Devil's business: religion, witchcraft, sorcery, possession
Chapter Five: How ballads portrayed murder and violence
Chapter Six: Political executions in song
Chapter Seven: Outlaw ballads: fantasy vs reality
Chapter Eight: The end of execution ballads?
Coda: Songs about the executioner

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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• História da Europa
• Folk e música tradicional
• História social e cultural
• Penologia e penas
• Estudos literários: c 1500 a c 1800
• Início da história moderna: c 1450/1500 a c 1700