Table of Contents[-] - 10[-]Part One: The Origins[-] - 20[-]1. Introduction A Process Approach to Prison History[-] - 22[-]2. Idleness and Labor The Emergence of Prisons in Early Modern Europe[-] - 33[-]Part Two: Prisoners and Forced Labor[-] - 60[-]3. The Period of Experimentation Prison Workhouses on the Continent, 1588-1650[-] - 62[-]4. In the Margins of Settled Life Imprisonment and the Repression of Begging and Vagrancy[-] - 90[-]5. Prisons and the Imagination[-]The Public Image, the Miracles of St. Raspinus, and the Pumping Myth - 108[-]6. The Prison as a Household Management, Forced Labor, and the Economy[-] - 126[-]7. Thieves, Prostitutes and Aggressors The Evolution of Imprisonment as a Penal Sanction - 156[-]8. The Prison Experience Internal Life from Above and from Below[-] - 192[-]Part Three: Prisons and Family Discipline[-] - 242[-]9. Elites and the Poor Private Confinement: The Environment - 244[-]10. Drunks, Revellers, and the Insane[-]Private Confinement: The Prisoners - 259[-]Part Four: The Early Modern Legacy[-] - 278[-]11. Crossroads Bondage and the Penal System in Western Europe[-] - 280[-]12. Conclusion Imprisonment, Mentalities, and Social Change - 298[-]Notes[-] - 304[-]List of Archival Sources[-] - 338[-]Bibliography[-] - 342[-]Index[-] - 356De gevangenis heeft een centrale positie in het strafrecht van de meeste landen. Volgens vele historici werd gevangenschap pas in de negentiende eeuw als zware juridische straf ingezet. Pieter Spierenburg corrigeert deze visie. De gevangenis was in eerste instantie een disciplinair instituut en later ook een strafmogelijkheid, maar altijd had de ge