The Porteous Riots and the Gordon Riots: the Reactions to Crime and Punishment of Allan Ramsay Father and Son
The Porteous Riots concern the wounding or killing by the Edinburgh City Guard of bystanders at an execution in April 1736, the subsequent condemnation to death of the Captain of the Guard, John Porteous (1695- 1736), his stay of execution by Queen Caroline, then his lynching. For the latter, percei...
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Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté
2019
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pufc.38565 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/56d5 https://books.openedition.org/pufc/38565 |
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