Sexuality, law and legal practice and the Reformation in Norway / by Anne Irene Riisy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riisy, Anne Irene.

Series:

Northern world ; v. 44.

The northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex crimes--Norway--History.

Sex crimes.

Sex and law--Norway--History.

Sex and law.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.

Sex.

Reformation--Norway--History.

Reformation.

Law, Medieval--History.

Law, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on legislation and legal practice from the period c. 1250-1600 the book takes issue with the most important viewpoints in earlier research by early modernists: that the Reformation represented a watershed in a development characterized by greater criminalisation of sexual acts, increase in the severity of sentences and deterioration of the position of women. According to this study, in principle all or mostly all factors were already in place in the Middle Ages. In Norwegian historiography the period investigated is characterized by paucity of sources, and the period has tended to fall between two stools, respectively the medievalist and the early modernist. The ambition of this book has been to bridge the gap.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / A.I. Riisøy

Introduction / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter One. New Laws, Old Principles / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Two. Individual Criminal Responsibility / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Three. The Final Criminalisation Of Sexual Acts In The High Middle Ages / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Four. Capital Punishment / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Five. Fines And Confiscation Of Property / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Six. From Penance To Church Discipline / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Seven. The Reward Of Sin / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Eight. Who Was Punished, And For What? / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Nine. Losing One’s Inheritance / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Ten. Sexual Crimes As A Function Of Marriage: Lutherism Or Christianity? / A.I. Riisøy

Chapter Eleven. Gender Differences / A.I. Riisøy

Conclusion - The Long High Middle Ages / A.I. Riisøy

Appendix I / A.I. Riisøy

Sources And Bibliography / A.I. Riisøy

Index / A.I. Riisøy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60298-5

9786612602986

90-474-2710-6

OCLC:

606909897