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Medieval Crime and Social Control

Edited by Barbara A. Hanawalt (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) and David Wallace

European History; Crime; Social Control; Social History; Middle Ages

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999

From the publisher’s description:

Crime is a matter of interpretation, especially in the Middle Ages, when societies faced with new ideas and pressures were continually forced to rethink what a crime was-and what was a crime. These essays reveal how various forces in medieval society interacted and competed in interpreting and influencing mechanisms for social control.

Subjects
History / Law / European History / Crime / Social Control / Social History / Middle Ages /

Hanawalt, Barbara A. (NHC Fellow, 1997–98), ed. Medieval Crime and Social Control. Edited by Barbara A. Hanawalt and David Wallace. Medieval Cultures. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999.