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- Geltner likewise shows that inmates in medieval prisons, unlike their modern counterparts, enjoyed frequent contact with society at large. The prison typically stood in the heart of the medieval city, and inmates were not locked away but, rather, subjected to a more coercive version of ordinary life.
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Nov 19, 2008 · Geltner likewise shows that inmates in medieval prisons, unlike their modern counterparts, enjoyed frequent contact with society at large. The prison typically stood in the heart of the medieval city, and inmates were not locked away but, rather, subjected to a more coercive version of ordinary life.
Feb 1, 2010 · Geltner attacks another standard assumption, that medieval prisons were ‘hellholes’ where inmates were treated with savage cruelty. Instead, he argues that prison life was ‘sufficiently tolerable’; the inmates were able to maintain ties with the outside world and, in the case of merchants, to continue their enterprises.
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Mar 4, 2022 · Geltner likewise shows that inmates in medieval prisons, unlike their modern counterparts, enjoyed frequent contact with society at large. The prison typically stood in the heart of the medieval city, and inmates were not locked away but, rather, subjected to a more coercive version of ordinary life.
5 days ago · Having studying these Italian prisons, Geltner articulates some broad conclusions about the social history of European medieval prisons, their nature, purpose, and effect.. To understand his objectives further requires a detailed description of his book.
Princeton University Press, Feb 24, 2014 - History - 197 pages. The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul....
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Oct 1, 2009 · This would seem to confirm the familiar image of medieval prisoners as being primarily debtors, but in fact Geltner is bent on combating ancient stereotypes. For one thing, he argues that incarceration was well-developed by the fourteenth century, with new structures being erected in many towns.
Princeton University Press, 2008 - History - 197 pages. The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. The...
