Everyday Crime, Criminal Justice and Gender in Early Modern Bologna / / Sanne Muurling.
Female protagonists are commonly overlooked in the history of crime; especially in early modern Italy, where women's scope of action is often portrayed as heavily restricted. This book redresses the notion of Italian women's passivity, arguing that women's crimes were far too common t...
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| Superior document: | Crime and City in History Series ; Volume 5 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Crime and city in history ;
Volume 5. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) :; charts, tables; digital file(s). |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Women's roles, institutions, and social control
- 3. The Torrone and the prosecution of crimes
- 4.Denunciations and the uses of justice
- 5. Violence and the politics of everyday life
- 6. Theft and its prosecution
- 7. Conclusion
- Appendix: Information on samples
- Bibliography
- Index