Law and Disorder in Early Modern Wales - Crime and Authority in the Denbighshire Courts, C. 1660-1730

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Howard, HOWARD SHARON
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2008
• EAN: 9780708319949
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1994-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studies in Welsh History (Hard; Studies in Welsh History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Wales, C, Modern, Law, Authority, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, disorder, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, courts, early, 1660, Denbighshire, 1730