A Lutheran plague [electronic resource] : murdering to die in the eighteenth century / by Tyge Krogh.
2012
HV6535.E86 K76 2012eb
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Title
A Lutheran plague [electronic resource] : murdering to die in the eighteenth century / by Tyge Krogh.
Author
Krogh, Tyge, 1954-
ISBN
9789004221154 hardcover
9789004221376 electronic book
9789004221376 electronic book
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2012.
Language
English
Description
vi, 226 p. : ill.
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HV6535.E86 K76 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.152/309409033
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Series
Studies in Central European histories ; v. 55.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Frequency
The murderers' social situation and mental state
Religious motives
The authorities and the murders
Pietism and the murderers
Motives
Boundaries
Divine demands
Salvation of the soul
A Lutheran plague
The Danish decree of 1767
Measures taken against the suicide murders in Germany
The role of suicide murders in the penal reform debates
From salvation to insanity
Conclusion
Appendix : suicide murder cases in Copenhagen, 1697-1789.
Frequency
The murderers' social situation and mental state
Religious motives
The authorities and the murders
Pietism and the murderers
Motives
Boundaries
Divine demands
Salvation of the soul
A Lutheran plague
The Danish decree of 1767
Measures taken against the suicide murders in Germany
The role of suicide murders in the penal reform debates
From salvation to insanity
Conclusion
Appendix : suicide murder cases in Copenhagen, 1697-1789.