Margaret Brannan Lewis

Infanticide and Abortion in Early Modern Germany

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Produktbeschreibung

Using a wide range of contemporary sources, Lewis presents a nuanced study into the changing nature of infanticide in Germany over three centuries. Infanticide and abortion were complex crimes with a variety of causes, perpetrators and punishments. These crimes and the reaction to them are placed in the wider context of the of the period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781848935549
• ISBN-10: 1848935544
• Artikelnr.: 43554134

Autorenporträt

Margaret Brannan Lewis is an assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee Martin.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Baby in the Pig Sty: Defining the Crime 2. "Such
Barbarous Mothers There Are These Days:" A Growing Problem 3. Beware the
Kinderfresser: Violence Toward Children in Print Culture 4. "The Child Was
Fresh and Perfect:" The Influence of Experts 5. "Sighs of the Poor Sinner:"
Sensationalism and Enlightenment. Conclusion.