Royal police ordinances in early modern Sweden : : the emergence of voluntaristic understanding of law / / by Toomas Kotkas.
Royal Police Ordinances in Early Modern Sweden offers a comprehensive account of the legal regulation of 16th- and 17th-century Swedish society. In comparison to present-day usage, during the early modern period the term ‘police’ had a broader meaning. It referred to ‘good societal order’ covering a...
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| Superior document: | The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D, 64 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Northern world ;
v. 64. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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| Summary: | Royal Police Ordinances in Early Modern Sweden offers a comprehensive account of the legal regulation of 16th- and 17th-century Swedish society. In comparison to present-day usage, during the early modern period the term ‘police’ had a broader meaning. It referred to ‘good societal order’ covering a variety of areas of societal life such as public finances, commerce, professions, infrastructure, public health and poor relief, public morality, public security, and so on. Through an analysis of a large body of ordinances Toomas Kotkas claims that in 17th-century Sweden a new, voluntaristic understanding of law emerged. Royal police ordinances were no longer perceived merely as a means of enforcing older medieval law but instead as an instrument of directing society towards aspired-to goals. |
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| ISBN: | 9004258957 |
| ISSN: | 1569-1462 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Toomas Kotkas. |