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"Cuca tiesi cungin mielen? Kengä kenegän sydämen?" : maine ja luotettavuus uuden ajan alun pikkukaupungeissa (2003)
”Who knew one’s mind? Who one’s heart?” : reputation and reliability in the small towns of the Early Modern Period

Eilola, J. (2003). "Cuca tiesi cungin mielen? Kengä kenegän sydämen?" : maine ja luotettavuus uuden ajan alun pikkukaupungeissa. In J. Eilola (Ed.), Sietämättömät ja täydellinen maailma : kirjoituksia suvaitsemattomuudesta (pp. 121-158). Kopijyvä. Jyväskylän historiallinen arkisto, 6. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-9001-5

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All authors or editors: Eilola, Jari

Parent publication: Sietämättömät ja täydellinen maailma : kirjoituksia suvaitsemattomuudesta

Parent publication editors: Eilola, Jari

ISBN: 952-5092-76-3

eISBN: 978-951-39-9001-5

Journal or series: Jyväskylän historiallinen arkisto

ISSN: 1239-8683

Publication year: 2003

Number in series: 6

Pages range: 121-158

Number of pages in the book: 315

Publisher: Kopijyvä

Place of Publication: Jyväskylä

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-9001-5

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Delayed open access channel

Additional information: Koko teos julkaistu digitoituna vuonna 2022

Abstract

This article reviews the formation of the boundaries between tolerated and forbidden behavior through the speeches of women, vagrants, as well as outcasts in the society in the Finnish and Swedish small towns in the latter part of the 17th century. People expected all the persons residing in the towns to have a past that could be verified, so that their respectability and reliability could be defined. The vagrant population lacked this dimension, and therefore their offences were not greatly tolerated. The patience of the community stretched further for a person integrated to the town, and the concealment of one’s real identity was nearly the only reason that would lead to such serious sanctions as banishment. Another reason was a person’s quarrelsome nature or certain other bad characteristic, as well as the lack of contrition and signs of redemption. Banishment was not necessarily final; instead, its cancellation could be negotiated if the banished turned out to be irreplaceable for the community.

Keywords: small towns; social norms; reputation; reliability (general); tolerance (mental); intolerance; expulsion (punishments)

Free keywords: reliability

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