Law and Disorder in Early Modern Wales : Crime and Authority in the Denbighshire Courts, C. 1660-1730
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Welsh History
ISBN-10
0708319947
ISBN-13
9780708319949
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 30th, 2008
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
556 grams
Dimensions
14.80 x 22.20 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyCrime & criminology
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Based on a detailed study of the court records of the county of Denbighshire in north-east Wales, focusing on the period from 1660 to 1730, this book shows from the records of crime and the courts both order and disorder, law-keepers and law-breakers, the respectable and the unruly. It also reveals the divisions and inequalities.
The sheer scale of surviving early modern Welsh court archives attests to the importance of the institutions that produces them—and they have, since the early 1970s, become major sources for a wide range of early modernists, not just those who specialize in criminal procedure. This volume discusses the fundamental and fascinating paradox of the criminal records of the Denbeighshire courts of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, demonstrating their potential to illuminate both order and disorder, law-keepers and law-breakers, and the respectable and the unruly—showcasing early modern authority as both powerful and precarious in light of the shared experiences and attitudes of its local communities.
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