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Taking the kingdom of Denmark as its frame of reference, this
volume presents a range of close analyses that shed light on the
construction and deconstruction of crime and criminals, on criminal
cultures and on crime control from 1500 to 2000. Historically,
there have been major changes in the legal definition of those acts
that are legally defined as being criminal offences - and of those
that are not. This volume explores the criteria and perceptions
underlying definitions of crime in a powerful and absolutist
Lutheran state and subsequently in a Denmark characterised by
social welfare and sexual liberation. It places special focus on
moral issues rooted in considerations of religion and sexuality.
Taking the kingdom of Denmark as its frame of reference, this
volume presents a range of close analyses that shed light on the
construction and deconstruction of crime and criminals, on criminal
cultures and on crime control from 1500 to 2000. Historically,
there have been major changes in the legal definition of those acts
that are legally defined as being criminal offences - and of those
that are not. This volume explores the criteria and perceptions
underlying definitions of crime in a powerful and absolutist
Lutheran state and subsequently in a Denmark characterised by
social welfare and sexual liberation. It places special focus on
moral issues rooted in considerations of religion and sexuality.
This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of
periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the
related themes of heresy, magic and witchcraft. It sets aside
constructed chronological boundaries, and in doing so aims to
achieve a clearer picture of what 'went before', as well as what
'came after'. Thus the volume demonstrates continuity as well as
change in the concepts and understandings of magic, heresy and
witchcraft. In addition, the geographical pattern of similarities
and diversities suggests a comparative approach, transcending
confessional as well as national borders. Throughout the medieval
and early modern period, the orthodoxy of the Christian Church was
continuously contested. The challenge of heterodoxy, especially as
expressed in various kinds of heresy, magic and witchcraft, was
constantly present during the period 1200-1650. Neither contesters
nor followers of orthodoxy were homogeneous groups or fractions.
They themselves and their ideas changed from one century to the
next, from region to region, even from city to city, but within a
common framework of interpretation. This collection of essays
focuses on this complex.
This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of
periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the
related themes of heresy, magic and witchcraft. It sets aside
constructed chronological boundaries, and in doing so aims to
achieve a clearer picture of what 'went before', as well as what
'came after'. Thus the volume demonstrates continuity as well as
change in the concepts and understandings of magic, heresy and
witchcraft. In addition, the geographical pattern of similarities
and diversities suggests a comparative approach, transcending
confessional as well as national borders. Throughout the medieval
and early modern period, the orthodoxy of the Christian Church was
continuously contested. The challenge of heterodoxy, especially as
expressed in various kinds of heresy, magic and witchcraft, was
constantly present during the period 1200-1650. Neither contesters
nor followers of orthodoxy were homogeneous groups or fractions.
They themselves and their ideas changed from one century to the
next, from region to region, even from city to city, but within a
common framework of interpretation. This collection of essays
focuses on this complex.
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