Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age

Human society proves to be a construct throughout time. Norms, rules, and laws determine the interaction of people, and yet transgressions have always occurred. Crime and subsequent punishments prove to be fundamental issues identifying every society. The articles in thisvolume study medieval laws and documents reflecting on vices, crimes, and wrongdoings as perceived by authors or artists and thusgive a profound analysis of the premodern world in its development in social, economic, legal, moral, and ethical terms.