Vi bøger
Levering: 1 - 2 hverdage
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany - Kathy Stuart - Bog

Bag om Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany

Suicide by Proxy became a major societal problem after 1650. Suicidal people committed capital crimes with the explicit goal of ¿earning¿ their executions, as a short-cut to their salvation. Desiring to die repentantly at the hands of divinely-instituted government, perpetrators hoped to escape eternal damnation that befell direct suicides. Kathy Stuart shows how this crime emerged as an unintended consequence of aggressive social disciplining campaigns by confessional states. Paradoxically, suicide by proxy exposed the limits of early modern state power, as governments struggled unsuccessfully to suppress the tactic. Some perpetrators committed arson or blasphemy, or confessed to long-past crimes, usually infanticide, or bestiality. Most frequently, however, they murdered young children, believing that their innocent victims would also enter paradise. The crime had cross-confessional appeal, as illustrated in case studies of Lutheran Hamburg and Catholic Vienna.

Vis mere
  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9783031252433
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 488
  • Udgivet:
  • 25. juli 2023
  • Udgave:
  • 23001
  • Størrelse:
  • 153x31x216 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 738 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 15. januar 2025
På lager
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025
  •  

    Kan ikke leveres inden jul.
    Køb nu og print et gavebevis

Normalpris

Medlemspris

Prøv i 30 dage for 45 kr.
Herefter fra 79 kr./md. Ingen binding.

Beskrivelse af Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany

Suicide by Proxy became a major societal problem after 1650. Suicidal people committed capital crimes with the explicit goal of ¿earning¿ their executions, as a short-cut to their salvation. Desiring to die repentantly at the hands of divinely-instituted government, perpetrators hoped to escape eternal damnation that befell direct suicides. Kathy Stuart shows how this crime emerged as an unintended consequence of aggressive social disciplining campaigns by confessional states. Paradoxically, suicide by proxy exposed the limits of early modern state power, as governments struggled unsuccessfully to suppress the tactic. Some perpetrators committed arson or blasphemy, or confessed to long-past crimes, usually infanticide, or bestiality. Most frequently, however, they murdered young children, believing that their innocent victims would also enter paradise. The crime had cross-confessional appeal, as illustrated in case studies of Lutheran Hamburg and Catholic Vienna.

Brugerbedømmelser af Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany



Gør som tusindvis af andre bogelskere

Tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet og få gode tilbud og inspiration til din næste læsning.