Blasphemy and Sacrilege in the Era of "Désenchantement du monde": Transformation of the Image of "Criminals Against God as an Example of "Construction" in the Process of Decriminalization, Rationalization, Secularization between "sacral" and "civil" soci
2003
Abstract
The study deals with the construction of "blasphemators" and "sacrileges" as specific cases of "criminals against God" during the 18th century - so at the level of legislative norm, critical (intellectual) discourse and judicial praxis. I would underline mainly the different form of the process of decriminalization of these penal actions in three studied (catholic) regions - Czech and Austrian lands, the Habsbourg Tuscany and Ile-de-France.