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Suicide, Law, and Community in Early Modern Sweden
Engelsk Hardback
Suicide, Law, and Community in Early Modern Sweden
Engelsk Hardback

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This book explores the judicial treatment of suicides in early modern Sweden, with a focus on the criminal investigation and selective treatment of suicides in the lower courts in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Riikka Miettinen shows that reactions and attitudes towards suicides varied considerably despite harsh condemnation by officials. The indictment, investigation, and classification of suspected suicides and the mental state of a person already deceased were challenging, and depended on local co-operation and lay testimonies. Not all suicides were considered alike; a widespread view on the heinousness of suicide was not the same as agreement about specific cases, and did not result in uniform handling of them. The social status and local ties of the deceased influenced the interpretations and responses at the local lower courts and communities. Esteemed local community members had a better defence and greater chance to escape the shameful penalties.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
346
ISBN-13:
9783030118440
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
3030118444
Udg. Dato:
5 mar 2019
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
148mm
Højde:
210mm
Forlag:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Oplagsdato:
5 mar 2019
Forfatter(e):
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