Crime and culture in early modern Germany

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Crime and society : patterns in deed and word -- Law and the rational hero -- Crime into text -- Crime and Christianity -- Family murders -- Training the imagination : crime and the inner life -- Staging the lamentable theater : crime, reas...

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Main Author: Wiltenburg, Joy (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Charlottesville, NC [u.a.] Univ. of Virginia Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:[Rezension von: Wiltenburg, Joy, Crime and Culture in Early Modern Germany] (2016) (Edwards, Kathryn A.)
Series/Journal:Studies in early modern German history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Deutschland (boat, 1866-1875) / Crime / Crime (Motif) / History 1600-1700
B Deutschland (boat, 1866-1875) / Criminal case / Popular culture / Press / History 1500-1700
Further subjects:B Criminology (Germany) History
B Crime Sociological aspects
B Crime in popular culture
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Summary:List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Crime and society : patterns in deed and word -- Law and the rational hero -- Crime into text -- Crime and Christianity -- Family murders -- Training the imagination : crime and the inner life -- Staging the lamentable theater : crime, reason, and emotion in the seventeenth century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:VIII, 268 S., Ill.
ISBN:978-0-8139-3302-3