Gibbeting
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Gibbeting is the use of a gallows-type structure from which the dead or dying bodies of criminals were hanged on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. Occasionally, the gibbet
Captain Kidd, who was tried and executed for piracy, depicted hanging in chains
The gibbet in which Marie-Josephte Corriveau was exhibited after her execution, the "cage" of La Corriveau
The body of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in his gibbet cage in 1738
Combe Gibbet, a replica gibbet in Berkshire
Marie-Josephte Corriveau
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Marie-Josephte Corriveau, better known as "la Corriveau", was a New French woman who was sentenced to death in 1763 by a British court martial for the murder of her second husband. She was hanged, and
Gibbeting
…was used for this purpose because it was not on the mainland and therefore satisfied the beliefs of locals who did not want gibbets near their homes. Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733–1763), better known as "La Corriveau", is one of the most popular figures in Québécois folklore. She lived in New France, was sentenced to death…
La Corriveau, in her cage, attacking Father José (José's Nightmare), illustration by Henri Julien for an edition of Anciens Canadiens by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé)
Caroline de Saint-Castin (right) pressing to her lips the poisoned bouquet offered by la Corriveau (left). Late 19th-century illustration by J. W. Kennedy for an American edition of The Golden Dog by William Kirby.