Strangers and misfits : banishment, social control, and authority in early modern Germany / by Jason P. Coy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coy, Jason Philip, 1970-

Series:

Studies in Central European histories ; v. 47.

Studies in Central European histories, 1547-1217 ; v. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exile (Punishment)--Germany--Ulm--16th century.

Exile (Punishment).

Ulm (Germany)--History--16th century.

Ulm (Germany).

Ulm (Germany)--Social conditions--16th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 156 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Banishment was crucial to law enforcement in early modern Europe, as magistrates used expulsion to punish and control thousands of offenders convicted of crimes ranging from adultery to theft. While early modern social control has attracted considerable scholarly attention in recent decades, banishment has been largely neglected. This book examines the role of banishment in sixteenth-century Ulm, an important south German city-state, using the town’s experience to uncover how early modern magistrates used expulsion to regulate and reorder society. This investigation sheds new light on the application of authority, the intersection between official disciplinary efforts and customary behavioral norms, and the function of public expulsion in displaying and defending social hierarchies, issues central to our historical understanding of the period.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / J.P. Coy

Introduction Banishment And Social Control In Early Modern Germany / J.P. Coy

Chapter One. Banishment And Authority In Sixteenth-Century Ulm / J.P. Coy

Chapter Two. Vagrancy And Banishment / J.P. Coy

Chapter Three. Resident Aliens, Expulsion, And Exclusion / J.P. Coy

Chapter Four. Moral Reform And The Banishment Of Citizens / J.P. Coy

Chapter Five. Public Expulsion Rituals And Early Modern Authority / J.P. Coy

Conclusion / J.P. Coy

Bibliography / J.P. Coy

Index / J.P. Coy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-151) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39757-5

9786612397578

90-474-4279-2

OCLC:

562581470

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004161740.i-156 DOI