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==History== | ==History== | ||
=== Jails and early prisons: indiscriminate | === Jails and early prisons: indiscriminate warehousing=== | ||
In earlier times, prisons were not yet what we refer to under that name today. That is as true for medieval prisons of the 13th and 14th century (Geltner 2008) as for those in the earlier modern period. Geltner's Research led him to the following premises regarding premodern prisons: | In earlier times, prisons were not yet what we refer to under that name today. That is as true for medieval prisons of the 13th and 14th century (Geltner 2008) as for those in the earlier modern period. Geltner's Research led him to the following premises regarding premodern prisons: | ||
#Punitive incarceration’ was well known to ‘medieval law and jurists’, despite conflicting with contemporary attitudes. | #Punitive incarceration’ was well known to ‘medieval law and jurists’, despite conflicting with contemporary attitudes. |