Death and a maiden : infanticide and the tragical history of Grethe Schmidt /

"On the feast of St. Michael, September 1659, a thirteen-year-old peasant girl left her family's rural home to work as a maid in the nearby city of Brunswick. Just two years later, Grethe Schmidt found herself imprisoned and accused of murdering her bastard child. Filled with political int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Myers, William David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Schmidt, Grethe, > 1646 or 1647- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Schmidt, Grethe, > 1646 or 1647-
Schmidt, Grethe > 1646-
1600-1699
Infanticide > Germany > Braunschweig > History > 17th century.
Infanticide > Germany > Braunschweig > Case studies.
Trials (Infanticide) > Germany > Braunschweig > Case studies.
Infanticide > Allemagne > Brunswick > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Infanticide > Allemagne > Brunswick > Études de cas.
Procès (Infanticide) > Allemagne > Brunswick > Études de cas.
Infanticide
Trials
Trials (Infanticide)
Kindesmord
Prozess
Germany > Braunschweig
Trials, litigation, etc.
Case studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In Brunswick, near Hannover City
  • Anatomy of a crime
  • A girl, purportedly a maiden
  • Family values
  • Common repute, women and neighbors
  • Corpus delicti
  • Knowledgeable women, the midwive's tale
  • Legal maneuvering and the question of torture
  • Terror, torture, and Grethe Schmidt
  • Case for a defense
  • Not even a sow, the case for Grethe
  • The thick wilderness of lies
  • The way to a confession
  • "Even to the devil himself"
  • Conclusion: many vigorous enemies.

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