A Punishment for Each Criminal - Gender and Crime in Swedish Medieval Law

In A Punishment for Each Criminal Christine Ekholst provides the first in-depth analysis of how gender influenced Swedish medieval legislation. The book explores the important legislative changes that took place when women were made personally responsible for their own crimes.

About the author

Christine Ekholst, Ph.D in history (Stockholm University, 2009) is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph, Canada and a Research Associate at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has published several articles on violence, gender and sexuality in medieval Sweden. Her current research project is a study of late medieval kings and queens accused of sexual transgressions.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Ekholst
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9789004271449
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27144-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 245 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 524 g
• Series: Northern World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries