Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004314122
Series Statement:
Crime and city in history v. 1
Uniform Title:
Misdadige vrouwen
Content:
"Crime is men's business, isn't it? Women are responsible for 10 percent of crime in Europe. Yet, if we look at the Dutch Republic in the early modern period, we find that in the towns of Holland women played a much larger role in crime. In a number of early modern towns about half of the criminals convicted in court were women. These women were in vulnerable positions and thus more likely to become involved in crime. They also had a relatively independent status and led remarkably public lives. Manon van der Heijden convincingly shows that it is the very combination of women's vulnerability and independence that accounts for the high female crime rates in Holland between 1600 and 1800"--Provided by publisher
Note:
"Previous published as Misdadige vrouwen : criminaliteit en rechtspraak in Holland 1600-1800, Amsterdam : Prometheus/Bert Bakker, 2014"--Title page verso
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004314115
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Heijden, Manon van der, 1966- author Women and crime in early modern Holland Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Language:
English
Keywords:
Holland
;
Frauenkriminalität
;
Weibliche Kriminelle
;
Geschichte 1600-1800
DOI:
10.1163/9789004314122
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