Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
Seiten
2025
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-42260-5 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-42260-5 (ISBN)
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This book examines spaces, practices, and ideologies of incarceration in the ancient Mediterranean basin from 300 BCE to 600 CE. Analyzing a wide range of sources—including legal texts, archaeological findings, documentary evidence, and visual materials—Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney argue that prisons were integral to the social, political, and economic fabric of ancient societies. Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration traces a long history of carceral practices, considering ways in which the institution of prison has been fundamentally intertwined with issues of class, ethnicity, gender, and imperialism. By foregrounding the voices and experiences of the imprisoned, Larsen and Letteney demonstrate the extraordinary durability of carceral structures across time and call for a new historical consciousness around contemporary practices of incarceration.
This book examines spaces, practices, and ideologies of incarceration in the ancient Mediterranean basin from 300 BCE to 600 CE. Analyzing a wide range of sources—including legal texts, archaeological findings, documentary evidence, and visual materials—Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney argue that prisons were integral to the social, political, and economic fabric of ancient societies. Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration traces a long history of carceral practices, considering ways in which the institution of prison has been fundamentally intertwined with issues of class, ethnicity, gender, and imperialism. By foregrounding the voices and experiences of the imprisoned, Larsen and Letteney demonstrate the extraordinary durability of carceral structures across time and call for a new historical consciousness around contemporary practices of incarceration.
Matthew D. C. Larsen is Professor of New Testament and Early Christian History and Archaeology at the University of Copenhagen. Mark Letteney is an assistant professor and the Carol Thomas Endowed Professor of Ancient History at the University of Washington.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
PART ONE. IDEALS AND SPACES
1. Incarceration and the Law
2. Spaces of Incarceration
PART TWO. EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS
3. Experiences of Incarceration
4. Ancient Mediterranean Prison Societies
5. Prison Management
Afterword: The Prison's Antiquity
Wendy Warren
Acknowledgments
References
Source Index
Subject Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 14 color figures, 11 b-w figures |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-42260-0 / 0520422600 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-42260-5 / 9780520422605 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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