Prison, Punishment And Penance In Late Antiquity

This book argues that late antiquity introduced a legal form of punitive imprisonment, complicating the concept of the 'birth of the prison'.

• | Author: Julia Hillner
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 444 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0521517516
• | ISBN-13: 9780521517515