Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity |
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| Author:
| Hillner, Julia |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-51751-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $171.95 |
Book Description:
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The first book in English on the Roman prison, and the first on the Roman prison's late antique incarnation as a penal institution. It describes how late Roman penal strategies, in particular different spatial forms of imprisonment, responded to new social values of penance and purification of society.
The first book in English on the Roman prison, and the first on the Roman prison's late antique incarnation as a penal institution. It describes how late Roman penal strategies, in particular different spatial forms of imprisonment, responded to new social values of penance and purification of society.