The Beast and the Dwelling House: On Sleeping Safely in Early Upper Canada

Authors

  • Tim Bisha University of Western Ontario

Keywords:

burglary, Upper Canada, dwelling house, British common law, duelling

Abstract

The everyday dwelling house, an idea more often presumed than defined, finds sharp focus in a legal description of burglary. After acquiring a close categorical understanding of the burglar's target, the article explores nuances of the crime, first by examining a burglary trial from early Upper Canada and, second, by contrasting burglary with social and legal practices relevant to duelling. Combining these threads, the dwelling house emerges as a core social and moral space, one that puts the crime of burglary and its implicit presumptions about community into deeper social perspective.

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Published

2015-11-30

How to Cite

Bisha, T. (2015). The Beast and the Dwelling House: On Sleeping Safely in Early Upper Canada. Anthropologica, 57(2), 571–581. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/455