Crime e castigo no Porto de setecentos: relato poético de um enforcamento falhado

Abstract

On the 150th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in Portugal for civil crimes, this article studies and publishes a long anonymous poem, probably from the early 18th century, about a failed hanging in the city of Porto. The author underlines the documentary information provided by the text and discusses the meaning of its satirical orientation.

Keywords

• Death penalty
• hanging
• 18th century
• Porto