IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 323: Representing Urban Life and Space, III: Gender and Crime
Monday 9 July 2007, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
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Organiser: | Brigitte Rath, Independent Scholar, Wien |
Moderator/Chair: | Ingrid Matschinegg, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg, Krems |
Paper 323-a | Female Space and Urban Crime: The Example of Tyrolean Towns (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Law, Women’s Studies |
Paper 323-b | The Construction of Crime and Gender in 15th-Century Hungarian Cities and Market Towns (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Sexuality, Social History |
Abstract | The representation of urban space and life in medieval sources often referred to specific patterns and networks that were interesting enough and worthwhile to be treated. One of them was certainly the field of criminality. The session will deal with the question to what extent such networks of crime were determined by aspects of gender. |