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Sinners on Trial : Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (358 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674061330
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sinners on TrialDDC classification:
  • 364.1/8809438
LOC classification:
  • KKP206
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: From Sin to Crime -- 1. The Meaning of the Sacred -- 2. Stealing Sacred Objects -- 3. Prosecuting Sins, Defending Faith -- 4. The Making of a Polish Jerusalem -- 5. Protestant Heresy and Charges against Jews -- 6. Christians on Trial, Jews Expelled -- 7. The Struggle for Power and Authority -- 8. Justice and the Politics of Crime -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Note on Names and Terminology -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Summary: Criminal law became a key tool in the effort to legitimize Church authority in post-Reformation Poland. Recounting dramatic stories of torture, trial, and punishment involving Christians and Jews, this is the first book to consider the sacrilege accusations of the early modern period within the broader context of politics and common crime.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: From Sin to Crime -- 1. The Meaning of the Sacred -- 2. Stealing Sacred Objects -- 3. Prosecuting Sins, Defending Faith -- 4. The Making of a Polish Jerusalem -- 5. Protestant Heresy and Charges against Jews -- 6. Christians on Trial, Jews Expelled -- 7. The Struggle for Power and Authority -- 8. Justice and the Politics of Crime -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Note on Names and Terminology -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

Criminal law became a key tool in the effort to legitimize Church authority in post-Reformation Poland. Recounting dramatic stories of torture, trial, and punishment involving Christians and Jews, this is the first book to consider the sacrilege accusations of the early modern period within the broader context of politics and common crime.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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