Author: Ulrich L. Lehner, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame - Google Scholar, ORCID, Wikipedia

Contents:

	Preface | ix
	Introduction: Legends, Myths, and Misconceptions | 1
	1 Confinement for Criminals and the Insane—Differences between Orders and Genders | 11
	2 What Was a Monastic Prison Like? | 17
	3 Orders with and without “Prisons”: Differences between Orders and Genders | 32
	4 The Franciscan “Criminal Trial” | 38
	5 Physical Assault and Assassination Attempts in Female Convents | 67
	6 Fornication and Child Abuse | 73
	7 Escapes from the Cloister | 81
	Conclusion | 89
	Bibliography | 91

Description: »Following the Council of Trent (1545-1563), Catholic religious orders underwent substantial reform. Nevertheless, on occasion monks and nuns had to be disciplined and—if they had committed a crime—punished. Consequently, many religious orders relied on sophisticated criminal law traditions that included torture, physical punishment, and prison sentences. Ulrich L. Lehner provides for the first time an overview of how monasteries in central Europe prosecuted crime and punished their members, and thus introduces a host of new questions for anyone interested in state-church relations, gender questions, the history of violence, or the development of modern monasticism.« (Source: Cascade Books)

Translation: Lehner, Ulrich L. »Mönche und Nonnen im Klosterkerker: Ein verdrängtes Kapitel Kirchengeschichte. Kevelaer 2015. - Bibliographic Entry: Info

Reviews:
- Beales, Derek. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 66(1) (January 2015): 202-203. - Full Text: Academia.edu (Free Access), Cambridge Core (Restricted Access)

- Hughes, Barnaby. New Blackfriars 96(1066) (November 2015): 753-756. - Full Text: Cambridge Core (Restricted Access)

- Parker, Kenneth. Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture 83(2) (June 2014): 495-497. - Full Text: Cambridge Core (Restricted Access), JSTOR (Restricted Access)

- Reicherdt, Babette. German History: The Journal of the German History Association 33(3) (September 2015): 475–476. - Full Text: Oxford Academic (Restricted Access)

- Weber, Sascha. sehepunkte: Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften 14(6) (June 2014). - Full Text: sehepunkte (Free Access)

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