Crime and Community in Reformation Scotland
Subtitle: Negotiating Power in a Burgh Society
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge; Pickering & Chatto
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781848933279
Subjects: Crime, great britain; Criminal behavior; Scotland, social conditions
Description: Based on church and state records from the burgh of Aberdeen, this study explores the deeper social meaning behind petty crime during the Reformation. Falconer argues that an analysis of both criminal behaviour and law enforcement provides a unique view into the workings of an early modern urban Scottish community. Examining the motivation behind these acts of violence reveals power struggles, social and familial hierarchies and the concept of belonging.