Le rôle des monastères dans le droit pénal et religieux : la pratique de la pénitence dans la Russie du xviiie siècle
This article is devoted to the use of disciplinary penance as a punishment for laymen who committed serious crimes. Particular attention is paid to the reign of Catherine II, when, on the initiative of the empress herself, sentences of penance in a monastery began to be pronounced. These decisions f...
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| Language: | English |
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Criminocorpus
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Criminocorpus |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/13413 |
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| Summary: | This article is devoted to the use of disciplinary penance as a punishment for laymen who committed serious crimes. Particular attention is paid to the reign of Catherine II, when, on the initiative of the empress herself, sentences of penance in a monastery began to be pronounced. These decisions first appeared in the empress’s confirmations of sentences before becoming a widespread practice in secular courts. The conclusions of this study are based on the imperial confirmations of death sentences, pronounced by the Senate, on the archives of local chancelleries, as well as on the reports of monastery superiors. These documents allow us to draw the preliminary conclusion of a gradual humanisation of punishments in Russia in the second half of the eighteenth century and the introduction of religious practices into criminal sentencing, with a parallel reduction in the scope of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. |
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| ISSN: | 2108-6907 |