A punishment for each criminal : : gender and crime in Swedish medieval law / / by Christine Ekholst.
A Punishment for Each Criminal is the first in-depth analysis of how gender influenced Swedish medieval law. Christine Ekholst demonstrates how the law codes gradually and unevenly introduced women as possible perpetrators for all serious crimes. The laws reveal that legislators not only expected me...
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| Superior document: | Northern World, Volume 67 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Northern world ;
Volume 67. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Notes: | Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Stockholm University, 2009, issued under title: För varje brottsling ett straff : föreställningar om kön i de svenska medeltidslagarna. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 The Swedish Medieval Law Codes
- 2 To Have and To Take: Property Crimes
- 3 Assault and Lesser Violence
- 4 Lethal Violence: Homicide, Murder, Arson and Witchcraft
- 5 Sexual Crimes: Fornication, Adultery and Bestiality
- 6 Taking a Woman with Force: Rape and Abduction
- 7 Conclusions
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index.