Incest in Sweden, 1680-1940: A History of Forbidden Relations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789198469905)

In early modern Sweden, if a man and his deceased wife's sister were found guilty of engaging in sexual intercourse they would be sentenced to death by beheading. Today the same relationship is not even illegal. Covering the period 1680-1940, this book analyses both incest crimes and applications for dispensation to marry, revealing the norms underpinning Swedish society's shifting attitudes to incestuous relations and comparing them with developments in other European countries. It demonstrates that, even though the debate on incest has been dominated by religious, moral and - in due course - medical notions, the values that actually determined the outcome of incest cases were frequently of quite a different character.

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Author: Bonnie Clementsson
ISBN-10: 9198469908
ISBN-13: 9789198469905
Publisher: Lund University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2020
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d