Maria R. Boes, Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Germany. Courts and Adjucatory. Practices in Frankfurt am Main, 1562-1696

In this highly readable book Maria Boes brings together new and existing research she has conducted into criminal justice in late-sixteenth and seventeenth-century Frankfurt am Main. It consists of twelve chapters that are firmly built on archival sources and a conclusion. No real introduction is i...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs,
Autor principal: Vermeesch, Griet
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2019
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:In this highly readable book Maria Boes brings together new and existing research she has conducted into criminal justice in late-sixteenth and seventeenth-century Frankfurt am Main. It consists of twelve chapters that are firmly built on archival sources and a conclusion. No real introduction is included, which could have contained the central research questions and aims of the book. The volume really consists of chapters that can be perfectly read separately. Nonetheless, the book is a con...