7. Persecuted by justice and powers: rebels, political dissidents and criminals in the history of Europe. - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:24:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg 7. Persecuted by justice and powers: rebels, political dissidents and criminals in the history of Europe. - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The Outcast, painted by Richard Redgrave 1851 https://historylab.es/the-outcast-painted-by-richard-redgrave-1851/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-outcast-painted-by-richard-redgrave-1851 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/the-outcast-painted-by-richard-redgrave-1851/ outlaw, vagrancy

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]]> Ommerschans beggar asylum (penal colony) in the Netherlands (1819) https://historylab.es/ommerschans-beggar-asylum-penal-colony-in-the-netherlands-1819/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ommerschans-beggar-asylum-penal-colony-in-the-netherlands-1819 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/ommerschans-beggar-asylum-penal-colony-in-the-netherlands-1819/ vagrancy, crime, punishment

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]]> Print of the Ommerschans beggar asylum. The main building had about thirty rooms where men and women slept (separately) with about 40 to 50 people. There were all kinds of outbuildings where the residents had to sew, weave, spin, or make robes or carpent. Nearby, men accompanied by soldiers performed labor in the fields.

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]]> The Colonies of Benevolence (a penal colony) in the Netherlands (19th century) https://historylab.es/the-colonies-of-benevolence-a-penal-colony-in-the-netherlands-19th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-colonies-of-benevolence-a-penal-colony-in-the-netherlands-19th-century Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/the-colonies-of-benevolence-a-penal-colony-in-the-netherlands-19th-century/ vagrancy, crime, punishment

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]]> Video of the Colonies of Benevolence. Central to the Colonies of Benevolence was the idea of raising beggars and vagrants into better people who contributed to society. In the agricultural colonies the people were put to work (they turned moorland into fertile farmland and did a variety of other work). The enterprise, however, became a failure. The colonies ran into financial problems.

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]]> Old postcard (about 1900) of the bedroom of the prison in the penal colony Cayenne, French Guyane https://historylab.es/old-postcard-about-1900-of-the-bedroom-of-the-prison-in-the-penal-colony-cayenne-french-guyane/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-postcard-about-1900-of-the-bedroom-of-the-prison-in-the-penal-colony-cayenne-french-guyane Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/old-postcard-about-1900-of-the-bedroom-of-the-prison-in-the-penal-colony-cayenne-french-guyane/ vagrancy, crime, punishment

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]]> Old postcard (about 1900) of the bedroom of the prison in the penal colony Cayenne, French Guyane.

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]]> Entrance of the French colonial overseas prison camp in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in French Guiana https://historylab.es/entrance-of-the-french-colonial-overseas-prison-camp-in-saint-laurent-du-maroni-in-french-guiana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=entrance-of-the-french-colonial-overseas-prison-camp-in-saint-laurent-du-maroni-in-french-guiana Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/entrance-of-the-french-colonial-overseas-prison-camp-in-saint-laurent-du-maroni-in-french-guiana/ vagrancy, crime, punishment

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]]> Entrance of the French colonial overseas prison camp in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in French Guiana (1858-1946).

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]]> Detail of the anti-Poor Law Poster (1837) in the United Kingdom. The poor considered the new workhouses as ‘Prisons for the Poor’ https://historylab.es/detail-of-the-anti-poor-law-poster-1837-in-the-united-kingdom-the-poor-considered-the-new-workhouses-as-prisons-for-the-poor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=detail-of-the-anti-poor-law-poster-1837-in-the-united-kingdom-the-poor-considered-the-new-workhouses-as-prisons-for-the-poor Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/detail-of-the-anti-poor-law-poster-1837-in-the-united-kingdom-the-poor-considered-the-new-workhouses-as-prisons-for-the-poor/ vagrancy, crime, punishment

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]]> Detail of a poster (1837) against the New Poor Law in the United Kingdom. This law ensured that the poor were housed in workhouses, clothed and fed. In return, the poor had to work for several hours each day. The poor called the workhouses ‘Prisons for the Poor’. There were several riots because of the new law.

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]]> Photographer Lee Jeffries about his portraits of homeless people (2016) https://historylab.es/photographer-lee-jeffries-about-his-portraits-of-homeless-people-2016/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photographer-lee-jeffries-about-his-portraits-of-homeless-people-2016 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/photographer-lee-jeffries-about-his-portraits-of-homeless-people-2016/ homelessness

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]]> Portraits of the homeless. Lee Jeffries is a British street photographer. He photographed homeless people in England and all around the world. The first photo he made was an 18th year old girl in a sleeping bag on the street in London who shouted at him when he took a picture. He sat next to her and started a conversation. When asked about his work Lee Jeffries said: ‘I want people to look at my photographs and see the person, not the homeless person. I want them to see the humanity.’

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]]> Cripple vagrant. Drawing of Pieter Janszoon Quast (1634) https://historylab.es/cripple-vagrant-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cripple-vagrant-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/criple-vagrant-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634/ vagrancy

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]]> Infographic of homeless in EU capitals (FEANTSA, 2021) https://historylab.es/infographic-of-homeless-in-eu-capitals-feantsa-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infographic-of-homeless-in-eu-capitals-feantsa-2021 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/infographic-of-homeless-in-eu-capitals-feantsa-2021/ homelessness

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]]> Data about homelessness in the European Union ( FEANTSA).

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]]> Old beggar woman. Drawing of Pieter Janszoon Quast (1634-1638) https://historylab.es/old-beggar-woman-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634-1638/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-beggar-woman-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634-1638 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:47:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/old-beggar-woman-drawing-of-pieter-janszoon-quast-1634-1638/ vagrancy

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]]> Old beggar woman. Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1634-1638.

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