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Crime, Law and Popular Culture in Europe, 1500-1900 (Hardcover, New)
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Crime, Law and Popular Culture in Europe, 1500-1900 (Hardcover, New)
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This book illuminates how experiences of, and attitudes to, crime
and the law corresponded or differed in varying locations and
contexts in early modern and modern Europe. In doing so, it also
aids the reconstruction and interpretation of the legal cultures of
different jurisdictions through the particular perspectives offered
by the operation of the courts and the criminal law. A key theme
throughout the book is the nature of the relationship between
ordinary people and the official legal systems. How was crime
understood and dealt with by ordinary people and to what degree did
they resort to or reject the official law and criminal justice
system as a means of dealing with different forms of criminal
activity? And how, in turn, did the courts and the authorities more
generally respond to and interpret the cases which were brought
before them? The issues addressed in this book include the
participation of ordinary people as prosecutors, witnesses, and
jurors in the courts; the exercise
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