Maria R Boes

Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Germany

Courts and Adjudicatory Practices in Frankfurt am Main, 1562-1696

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Frankfurt am Main, in common with other imperial German cities, enjoyed a large degree of legal autonomy during the early modern period, and produced a unique and rich body of criminal archives. In particular, Frankfurt's Strafenbuch, which records all criminal sentences between 1562 and 1696, provides a fascinating insight into contemporary penal trends. Drawing on this and other rich resources, Boes reveals shifting and fluid attitudes towards crime and punishment and how these were conditioned by issues of gender, class and social standing within the city's establishment. She attributes a significant role in this process to the steady proliferation of municipal advocates, jurists trained in Roman Law, who wielded growing legal and penal prerogatives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781409431473
• ISBN-10: 1409431479
• Artikelnr.: 41253480

Autorenporträt

Dr. Maria R. Boes is Professor Emerita of West Chester University, Pennsylvania. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on Early Modern Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Part I The City's Profile: Socio-economic and religious
background; Legal/judicial setting. Part II Criminal Detection Methods:
Public appearance and criminal judicial practices in early modern Germany.
Part III Cultural and Religious/Racial Impediments: On cultural crossroads:
gypsies on trial; Targeted twice: Jews as criminal and judicial victims;
Enough is enough: two Jewish resistance trials. Part IV Gender Issues:
Women and the penal system in Frankfurt am Main, 1562-1696; Women bonding:
collaborative infanticide; Choosing death over shame: unwed mothers and
infanticide. Part V Sexual Behavior: On trial for sodomy in early modern
Germany. Part VI Military Ascendency: Judicial treatments of soldiers for
killings unrelated to the battle field. Part VII Desperate Acts: Escapes
from judgment: self-inflicted deaths of criminal suspects; Conclusion;
Index.