The prison experience : disciplinary institutions and their inmates in early modern Europe / Pieter Spierenburg; with a preface by Elisabeth Lissenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spierenburg, Petrus Cornelis.

Series:

Amsterdam Academic Archive

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Europe--History--17th century.

Prisons.

Prisons--Europe--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

About the evolution of prison in the Netherlands, Germany and France during the early moden period with reference to all of Europe

Contents:

Table of Contents; Part One: The Origins; Part Two: Prisoners and Forced Labor; 3. The Period of Experimentation Prison Workhouses on the Continent, 1588-1650; 4. In the Margins of Settled Life Imprisonment and the Repression of Begging and Vagrancy; 5. Prisons and the Imagination The Public Image, the Miracles of St. Raspinus, and the Pumping Myth; 6. The Prison as a Household Management, Forced Labor, and the Economy; 7. Thieves, Prostitutes and Aggressors The Evolution of Imprisonment as a Penal Sanction; 8. The Prison Experience Internal Life from Above and from Below

Part Three: Prisons and Family Discipline9. Elites and the Poor Private Confinement: The Environment; 10. Drunks, Revellers, and the Insane Private Confinement: The Prisoners; Part Four: The Early Modern Legacy; 11. Crossroads Bondage and the Penal System in Western Europe; 12. Conclusion Imprisonment, Mentalities, and Social Change; Notes; List of Archival Sources; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Amsterdam Academic Archive."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-334) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-28430-0

9786611284305

90-485-0184-9

OCLC:

269452808