The Perception of Crime and Deviant Behaviour in the Diary of Andreas Hegyes, Captain and Town Councilor of Brașov Cover Image

A bűnözés és deviáns magatartások megítélése Andreas Hegyes brassói kapitány és városi tanácsos Diariumában
The Perception of Crime and Deviant Behaviour in the Diary of Andreas Hegyes, Captain and Town Councilor of Brașov

Author(s): Julia Derzsi
Subject(s): History of Law, Social history, 17th Century
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: criminality; diary; Andreas Hegyes; Brașov; town council

Summary/Abstract: Andreas Hegyes’ diary – kept between 1613 and 1617 – is an excellent source for analysing contemporary perceptions of crime and deviant behaviour from several perspectives. Compared to town chronicles, the diary conveys information not only about the crimes that took place in the town and its jurisdiction, and the discourse about malefaction and delinquency, but also about the empirical knowledge of the incidence of crime and the measures taken to combat it, as perceived by the town official who conducted criminal proceedings and supervised the execution of punishments, especially of the public executions. The aim of our study is to present information from the diary about the crime and the law enforcement in pre-modern Brașov, about the chronicler’s perception of offenders and victims, and about the functioning of the criminal justice system.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: IX
  • Page Range: 253-281
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Hungarian