Thesis
Legal culture in a turbulent time: law and society in early modern Saxony
- Abstract:
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This thesis reconstructs and interprets the evolution of legal culture in the Saxon city of Freiberg in the sixteenth century. It challenges the notion that early modern state institutions were punitive and disciplinary; and instead posits that in Saxony, they were flexible and sought to maintain social harmony. While previous scholarship has favoured a sociological approach, based on the concept of social control, this thesis employs a legal anthropological optic to study the interactio...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:7515
- Deposit date:
- 2013-10-25
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- John Jordan
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
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