The Crimes of Women in Early Modern GermanyThe Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany is a fascinating study of 'deviant' women. It is the first scholarly account of how women were prosecuted for theft, infanticide, and sexual crimes in early modern Germany, and challenges the assumption that women were treated more leniently than men. Ulinka Rublack uses criminal trials to illuminate the social status and conflicts of women living through the Reformation and the Thirty Years War, telling for the first time, the stories of cutpurses, maidservants' dangerous liaisons, and artisans' troubled marriages. She provides a thought-provoking a. |
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Brukerevaluering - hsifeng - LibraryThingREENACTORS NOTES: 1500-1700 Highly recommended as it gives a great insight into the role that women played in their society - from the underside. Gives a lot of great background for ladies who may have 'fallen from grace' and ended up in the armies. Can be a little depressing at times. Les hele vurderingen
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Introduction | 1 |
Gossip Silence or Accusation | 16 |
Trial and Punishment | 43 |
Women and Property Crime | 92 |
Sinful Sexualities | 134 |
Infanticide | 163 |
Married Life | 197 |
Incest | 231 |
Conclusion | 255 |
Appendix | 261 |
Bibliography | 264 |
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany Oxford studies in social history |
| Forfatter | Ulinka Rublack |
| Utgave | illustrert, nytrykk |
| Utgiver | Clarendon Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0198206372, 9780198206378 |
| Lengde | 292 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |