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Suicide by Proxy became a major societal problem after 1650. Suicidal people committed capital crimes with the explicit goal of “earning” their executions,
Ideas and Cultural Margins in Early Modern Germany
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While the assumption of a sharp distinction between learned culture and lay society has been broadly challenged over the past three decades, the question of how
Infanticide and Abortion in Early Modern Germany
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This book is the first work to look at the full range of three centuries of the early modern period in regards to infanticide and abortion, a period in which bo
The Martial Ethic in Early Modern Germany
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For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed pow
Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany
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Authors: David M. Luebke
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The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imb