"Du ljög som en tjuv och skälm" : Okvädande inför rätta i 1600- och 1700-talens södra och mellersta Norrland
‘You are lying like a thief and rogue’. Verbal abuse cited before the courts in 17th and 18th centuries southern and middle parts of Northern Sweden The aim of this article is to investigate the frequencies and meanings of abusive words cited before the town courts of Gävle and Härnösand, and the di...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-169186 2023-10-09T21:54:32+02:00 "Du ljög som en tjuv och skälm" : Okvädande inför rätta i 1600- och 1700-talens södra och mellersta Norrland Liliequist, Jonas 2020 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-169186 swe swe Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier Umeå : Johan Nordlander-sällskapet OKNYTT. Tidskrift för Johan Nordlander-sällskapet, 0349-1706, 2020, 1-2, s. 4-39 orcid:0000-0002-1146-8982 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-169186 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess honour honesty dishonesty heder ära ärlig oärlig Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2020 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:52:26Z ‘You are lying like a thief and rogue’. Verbal abuse cited before the courts in 17th and 18th centuries southern and middle parts of Northern Sweden The aim of this article is to investigate the frequencies and meanings of abusive words cited before the town courts of Gävle and Härnösand, and the district courts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland respectively, during the periods 1665–69 and 1745–49. The main questions at issue concern gendered meanings and to what extent the words honesty and dishonesty had different meanings than today. ‘Thief’ and ‘rogue’ were the most common abusive words directed against men, and ‘whore’ and ‘thief’ against women. ‘Whore’ was, however, also strongly associated with lying and deceiving whereas the expression ‘you hit me like a thief and rogue’ could be used to blame the violent attack of an antagonist as unfair and dishonest. Thus, the abusive triad ‘thief’, ‘rogue’ and ‘whore’ indicate a much broader yet fundamentally similar meaning of dishonesty as today. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) |
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‘You are lying like a thief and rogue’. Verbal abuse cited before the courts in 17th and 18th centuries southern and middle parts of Northern Sweden The aim of this article is to investigate the frequencies and meanings of abusive words cited before the town courts of Gävle and Härnösand, and the district courts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland respectively, during the periods 1665–69 and 1745–49. The main questions at issue concern gendered meanings and to what extent the words honesty and dishonesty had different meanings than today. ‘Thief’ and ‘rogue’ were the most common abusive words directed against men, and ‘whore’ and ‘thief’ against women. ‘Whore’ was, however, also strongly associated with lying and deceiving whereas the expression ‘you hit me like a thief and rogue’ could be used to blame the violent attack of an antagonist as unfair and dishonest. Thus, the abusive triad ‘thief’, ‘rogue’ and ‘whore’ indicate a much broader yet fundamentally similar meaning of dishonesty as today. |
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"Du ljög som en tjuv och skälm" : Okvädande inför rätta i 1600- och 1700-talens södra och mellersta Norrland |
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"Du ljög som en tjuv och skälm" : Okvädande inför rätta i 1600- och 1700-talens södra och mellersta Norrland |
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"Du ljög som en tjuv och skälm" : Okvädande inför rätta i 1600- och 1700-talens södra och mellersta Norrland |
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"du ljög som en tjuv och skälm" : okvädande inför rätta i 1600- och 1700-talens södra och mellersta norrland |
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