An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Frequent Executions At Tyburn (1725)

A sharp, urgent examination of punishment, power, and public spectacle that still resonates today. Bernard Mandeville's An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Frequent Executions At Tyburn unfolds as a lucid historical essay and a pointed satirical treatise. Written in early modern prose with the rigour of a scholar and the bite of a pamphleteer, it probes the causes of executions and the social logic behind public punishment. The result is a compelling blend of critique and curiosity that speak...