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Sexual Offences in Czech Town Books from the Early Modern Period

    Alica Křápková

Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 9. Jahrgang Heft 1/2019, pp. 62-79, 2019/05/21

Sexualität vor Gericht
Deviante geschlechtliche Praktiken und deren Verfolgung vom 14. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert

doi: 10.1553/BRGOE2019-1s62

doi: 10.1553/BRGOE2019-1s62

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doi:10.1553/BRGOE2019-1s62



doi:10.1553/BRGOE2019-1s62

Abstract

The study deals with sexual offenses in the written sources of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age in the present Czech Republic and Slovakia. It evaluates which actions fall into this category and defines their content under current criminal law. Similarly, it deals with punishments. Then it analyzes specific sources and evaluates the proportion of these deeds compared to other crimes. It provides a view of the society and the functioning of the law.

Keywords: court records – Early Modern Period – Late Middle Ages – punishments – sexual crimes