Urban security versus social privileges: the impossible "Enlightened" reform of policing in eighteenth-century Brussels
During the medieval and early modern eras, most of the European urban authorities intended to rule their cities for the «common good», together with respecting the social hierarchy and privileged status. In the 18th century, however, many voices raised for improving the urban policing and reforming old regulations. Most of police officers claimed for equality of every inhabitant with regards to local police ordinances and petty police courts. But even if the urban rules agreed with their arguments for a more efficient policing, they could not prescribe an equality that would overthrow the Anci... Mehr ...
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Schlagwörter: | osvícenství / enlightenment / Brusel (Belgie) / Brussels (Belgium) / police reforms / privileges / social equality / 8 / 94(437) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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