The Medieval Prison : : A Social History /

The Medieval Prison : : A Social History / / G. Geltner.

The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. The Medieval Prison challenges this view by tracing the institution's emergence to a much earlier period beginning in the late thirteenth century, and in doing...

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Geltner, G.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2008
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Dates and Money
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Italian Prisons: Three Profiles
  • Chapter Two. Aspects of Imprisonment
  • Chapter Three. Prison Life
  • Chapter Four. The Prison as Place and Metaphor
  • Conclusion: "Marginalizing" Institutions, Instituting Marginality
  • Appendix One: A Prison Inventory from Bologna, 1305
  • Appendix Two: Poems from the Prison
  • Appendix Three: Le Stinche, a Reconstruction
  • Abbreviations and Archives
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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