IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 802: Rome and Home: Aspects of Scandinavian Justice
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Department of History & Philosophy, University of Tampere |
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| Organiser: | Kirsi Salonen, Department of History & Philosophy, University of Tampere |
| Moderator/Chair: | Claes Gejrot, Diplomatarium Suecanum, Riksarkivet, Stockholm |
| Paper 802-a | Corporal Punishment or Fines?: The Social Impact on Punishment in Denmark and Sweden (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Local History |
| Paper 802-b | By the Fountain of Justice: The Sacra Romana Rota (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History |
| Paper 802-c | From Rome with Love: The Advice and Accounts of a Birgittine Agent (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History |
| Abstract | This session discusses medieval justice in Scandinavia from local and international as well as civil and ecclesiastic viewpoints. The first paper compares the Danish and Swedish penal laws and discusses why there were so big differences in the laws of two neighboring countries. The second paper discusses the meaning of the until now very little known main ecclesiastical tribunal, Sacra Romana Rota, for Christians comparing the Swedish Rota cases to those from whole Christendom. The last paper concentrates on the litigation of the Birgittine bother Petrus Magni, who was sent to Rome by the Vadstena abbey to regain the control over the house of Saint Birgitta in Rome. |