The prison experience [[electronic resource] ] : disciplinary institutions and their inmates in early modern Europe / / Pieter Spierenburg; with a preface by Elisabeth Lissenberg

• Autore: Spierenburg Petrus Cornelis
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.94
• Soggetto topico: Prisons - Europe - History - 17th century; Prisons - Europe - History - 18th century
• Note generali: "Amsterdam Academic Archive."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-334) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Part One: The Origins; Part Two: Prisoners and Forced Labor; 3. The Period of Experimentation Prison Workhouses on the Continent, 1588-1650; 4. In the Margins of Settled Life Imprisonment and the Repression of Begging and Vagrancy; 5. Prisons and the Imagination The Public Image, the Miracles of St. Raspinus, and the Pumping Myth; 6. The Prison as a Household Management, Forced Labor, and the Economy; 7. Thieves, Prostitutes and Aggressors The Evolution of Imprisonment as a Penal Sanction; 8. The Prison Experience Internal Life from Above and from Below ; Part Three: Prisons and Family Discipline9. Elites and the Poor Private Confinement: The Environment; 10. Drunks, Revellers, and the Insane Private Confinement: The Prisoners; Part Four: The Early Modern Legacy; 11. Crossroads Bondage and the Penal System in Western Europe; 12. Conclusion Imprisonment, Mentalities, and Social Change; Notes; List of Archival Sources; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: About the evolution of prison in the Netherlands, Germany and France during the early moden period with reference to all of Europe
• Titolo autorizzato: The prison experience
• ISBN: 1-281-28430-0; 9786611284305; 90-485-0184-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782560103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam Academic Archive