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Wednesday 11 April 2012
14.00 - 16.00
Y-3
WOM03
Domestic Disturbances: Political Implications of Domestic Violence in Early Modern Europe
Wolfson Medical Building: Seminar room 2
The most famous poem in the Polish language, Pan Tadeusz by Mickiewicz tells of the foray - an institution where "the gentry, as the way of rebels is, were wild and quick to hang their enemies." If the szlachta felt that justice was not being done within the courts, ... (Show more) The most famous poem in the Polish language, Pan Tadeusz by Mickiewicz tells of the foray - an institution where "the gentry, as the way of rebels is, were wild and quick to hang their enemies." If the szlachta felt that justice was not being done within the courts, they would seek vengeance through violent collective action. Due to the fact of a weak central government, this was one method of law enforcement in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In many cases, the reason why estates were being raided and their inhabitants attacked was that the szlachta claimed to be defending a lady's honor. They might say that a woman's honor had been insulted if she were jilted at the altar or if she had been seduced into sexual activity when she was betrothed. The nobles might, on the other hand, feel that a widow who had freely chosen her new husband out of love had contracted a misalliance and that they - whether they were fathers, brothers or other relatives or interested parties - were determined to imprison the widow, to coerce her, and even to torture her to enforce their judgment on her. The foray or zajazd is a prism through which to glimpse conflict over women's freedom of choice in marriage and love. (Show less) Marianna Muravyeva : "A King in his Own Household": Domestic Discipline and Family Violence in Early Modern Europe Reconsidered The paper addresses to the comparative assessment of the famous early Modern formula "a king in his own household" and its political grounding in the legal and didactical literature of the 17th and 18th century. Utilizing the material from Germany, France, England and Russia the author seeks to understand the ... (Show more) The paper addresses to the comparative assessment of the famous early Modern formula "a king in his own household" and its political grounding in the legal and didactical literature of the 17th and 18th century. Utilizing the material from Germany, France, England and Russia the author seeks to understand the real range of the applicability of the concept in the context of European absolutism and police state and emerging dichotomy of private/public. (Show less)
Raisa Maria Toivo : Violence between parents and Children in early modern Finland: Cultures of authority and taboo.
This paper analyses attitudes towards violennce between parents and children in the Finnish early modern culture. It uses both normative material such as legal texts and religious instructions as well as court records and visitation records to find out the practices of violence.
Constanta Vintila-Ghitulescu : The Sexuality between Sin and Shame along the Ecclesiastical Courts in the 18th Romanian Society In the 18th century, the ecclesiastical court formed an elaborate and omnipresent institution that supervised the whole familial policy. Its jurisdiction was extended to some of the most intimate aspects of the population’s personal life (birth, marriage, sexuality, divorce, death, dowry, testaments, relationship between children and parents, between the wife ... (Show more) In the 18th century, the ecclesiastical court formed an elaborate and omnipresent institution that supervised the whole familial policy. Its jurisdiction was extended to some of the most intimate aspects of the population’s personal life (birth, marriage, sexuality, divorce, death, dowry, testaments, relationship between children and parents, between the wife and the husband, etc.). The judicial archives of this court grasp very well the manner how the Church defines, interferes, settles and follows the sexuality, the sin and the shame. Our paper focalised on this permanent relationship between norms and practices, and tries to analyse the manner of living, saying or punishing the seduction, sodomy, adultery, bigamy, debauchery or simple pleasure. (Show less)
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