Singing the News of Death: Execution Ballads in Europe 1500–1900, written by Una McIlvenna.

Singing the News of Death: Execution Ballads in Europe 1500-1900, written by Una McIlvenna Una McIlvenna, I Singing the News of Death: Execution Ballads in Europe 1500-1900 i , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 544 pp. Throughout, McIlvenna emphasizes the centrality of shame within the method of execution, reflecting the ballads' moral didactism. [Extracted from the article]