Seksualnormer og rettspraksis i Nedenes på 1600-tallet sett i et kjønnsperspektiv.

The theme for this dissertation is the townspeople of the county Nedenes’ norms regarding sexuality compared to the new laws and criminalisation in the 17th century Norway. In both the norms and the laws sexuality belonged within marriage. However, there were differences regarding when the marriage was viewed as valid, and the cohabitation acceptable. Previous research in this field consists of the works of Terje Sødal and Margit Løyland have both written about criminality in Agder during the 1600s, but they have chosen shorter periods of time in the beginning, middle and end of the century. I have transcribed and analysed all the lists of fines (Sakfallslister) in the country accounts (len…