A Lutheran Plague: Murdering to Die in the Eighteenth Century by Tyge Krogh (Hardback, 2011)

Brill

9004221158

9789004221154

206184083

Tyge Krogh

Laminated Cover, Hardback

English

Social Sciences

Social Issues, Services & Welfare

530g

240mm

160mm

Leiden

Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; PART I: MORPHOLOGY; 2. Frequency; 3. The Murderers' Social Situation and Mental State; 4. Religious Motives; 5. The Authorities and the Murders; 6. Pietism and the Murderers; 7. Motives; 8. Boundaries; PART II: ORIGINS; 9. Divine Demands; 10. Salvation of the Soul; 11. A Lutheran Plague; PART III: DEMISE; 12. The Danish Decree of 1767; 13. Measures Taken Against the Suicide Murders in Germany; 14. The Role of Suicide Murders in the Penal Reform Debates; 15. From Salvation to Insanity; 16. Conclusion; Appendix: Suicide Murder Cases in Copenhagen, 1697-1789; Bibliography

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9 Black & White Illustrations

Tyge Krogh, PhD (1991) Dr. Phil. (2000) in History, University of Copenhagen, is senior researcher at the Danish National Archives. He has published on Danish early modern cultural and criminal history including Oplysningstiden og det magiske. Henrettelser og korporlige straffe i 1700-tallets forste halvdel (The Enlightenment and the magical. Executions and corporal punishments in Denmark in the first half of the eighteenth century) (Samleren, Copenhagen, 2000)

23/12/2011

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