Andreas Blauert, Das Urfehdewesen im deutschen Südwesten im Spätmittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit
Urfehde denoted originally an oath to keep the peace taken by those released from gaol, forswearing vengeance for their confinement. The very need for such assurances provides a revealing testimony to the nature of public order in the early part of the period covered in this book : the precarious l...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | Urfehde denoted originally an oath to keep the peace taken by those released from gaol, forswearing vengeance for their confinement. The very need for such assurances provides a revealing testimony to the nature of public order in the early part of the period covered in this book : the precarious legitimacy of governments, their weakness and vulnerability, and, correspondingly, the capacity and even legitimacy of « private » persons to resort to violence against governments and their represe... |
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