Recounting Deviance: Forms and Practices of Presenting Divergent Behaviour in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

»Die hier versammelten Beiträge bieten sehr unterschiedliche Fälle von vermeintlichem oder real abweichendem Verhalten auf der Grundlage chronikaler Belege, die von den einzelnen Autoren kritisch diskutiert werden.« Albrecht Classen, www.sehepunkte.de, 17/9 /(2017) Besprochen in: Erdélyi Múzeum, 1 (2017), Andrea Feher Comitatus, 48 (2017), Maia Farrar Speculum, 94/2 (2019), Thomas V. Cohen

How do historical sources narrate or recount deviance? Is there a relationship between the manner in which divergent behaviour is recounted and the type of source in which this behaviour is presented? The articles present examples of the recounting of deviance by using, amongst others, sources such as chronicles, travel accounts and court records from 15th century England, 15th/16th century Germany, 17th century Spain, 17th/18th century Venice and 17th/18th century Italy and France. It can be asserted that different types of narrative patterns to recount deviance occur intermingled in the cases discussed.

Frontmatter 1 Editorial 2 Preface 7 Recounting Deviance 9 Talking about deviance? 25 The Presentation of Deviant Behaviour in the Crowland Chronicle Continuations 57 An enchantress, a saint and a prophetess 77 Blasphemy on Trial 97 " fossimo presi per incantamento". Witchcraft And Love Deviances In The Trials Of Venice'S Santo Uffizio In The Xvii Century 131 Representations of Deviance 163 "Miscellaneous remarks" 179 Contributors 207