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Jun 19, 2014 · What was life inside them like? How did contemporary observers perceive them? Addressing such questions, this article brings together over a century of scholarship that undermines the traditional dating of the prison’s “birth,” sheds light on the tolerable realities of medieval captivity, and identifies a range of contemporary ...
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Nov 19, 2008 · The prison typically stood in the heart of the medieval city, and inmates were not locked away but, rather, subjected to a more coercive version of ordinary life. Geltner explores every facet of this remarkable prison experience–from the terror of an inmate’s arrest to the moment of his release, escape, or death–and the ways it was viewed ...
May 25, 2024 · Though prisons were not the primary form of punishment in the Middle Ages, they were a dreaded fate nonetheless. Medieval prisons were often dank, cramped, and disease-ridden spaces where inmates were left to languish for months or even years while awaiting trial or the payment of debts.
Apr 4, 2008 · Based on archival research in several Italian city-states, this article examines medieval prison life, its attendant pains, and inmate coping strategies by substantially engaging the variety of scholarship on modern incarceration.
The Medieval Prison rewrites penal history and reveals that medieval society did not have a "persecuting mentality" but in fact was more nuanced in defining and dealing with its marginal elements than is commonly recognized. 978-0-691-18768-6. History, Sociology. The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology ...
Jul 21, 2008 · Geltner explores every facet of this remarkable prison experience—from the terror of an inmate’s arrest to the moment of his release, escape, or death—and the ways it was viewed by contemporary observers.
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The prison typically stood in the heart of the medieval city, and inmates were not locked away but, rather, subjected to a more coercive version of ordinary life. Geltner explores every facet of this remarkable prison experience–from the terror of an inmate’s arrest to the moment of his release, escape, or death–and the ways it was viewed ...
