Crime And Punishment In The Middle Ages And Early Modern Age —— Mental-Historical Investigations of Basic Human Problems and Social Responses

----- 中世纪与近代早期犯罪与处罚：基本人权问题与社会回应的心理史调查

ISBN: 9783110294514 出版年：2012 页码：612 Classen, Albrecht Scarborough, Connie De Gruyter

All societies are constructed, based on specific rules, norms, and laws. Hence, all ethics and morality are predicated on perceived right or wrong behavior, and much of human culture proves to be the result of a larger discourse on vices and virtues, transgression and ideals, right and wrong. The topics covered in this volume, addressing fundamental concerns of the premodern world, deal with allegedly criminal, or simply wrong behavior which demanded punishment. Sometimes this affected whole groups of people, such as the innocently persecuted Jews, sometimes individuals, such as violent and evil princes. The issue at stake here embraces all of society since it can only survive if a general framework is observed that is based in some way on justice and peace. But literature and the visual arts provide many examples of open and public protests against wrongdoings, ill-conceived ideas and concepts, and stark crimes, such as theft, rape, and murder.