Incest in Sweden, 1680-1940 - A History of Forbidden Relations (Hardcover)

In early modern Sweden, if a man and his deceased wife's sister were found guilty of engaging in sexual intercourse they would be sentenced to death by beheading. Today the same relationship is not even illegal. Covering the period 1680-1940, this book analyses both incest crimes and applications for dispensation to marry, revealing the norms underpinning Swedish society's shifting attitudes to incestuous relations and comparing them with developments in other European countries. It demonstrates that, even though the debate on incest has been dominated by religious, moral and - in due course - medical notions, the values that actually determined the outcome of incest cases were frequently of quite a different character. An electronic edition of this book is available under a creative commons licence: manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198469912/9789198469912.xml -- .

General

Imprint:	Lund University Press,Sweden
Country of origin:	Sweden
Series:	Lund University Press
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Bonnie Clementsson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-91-984699-0-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	91-984699-0-8
Barcode:	9789198469905

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