A Lutheran Plague : Murdering to Die in the Eighteenth Century.

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Suicide murders - i.e., killings in order to be executed - were alarmingly frequent in eighteenth-century Lutheran Europe. The book traces the murderers motives - an investigation that leads to the Pietist care for death convicts, into central elements of Lutheran soteriology and to the idea of capi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krogh, Tyge
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Colección:Studies in Central European histories ; v. 55.
Temas:
1700-1799
Murder > Europe, Northern.
Murderers > Europe, Northern > Psychology.
Murderers > Religious life > Europe, Northern.
Salvation > Lutheran Church.
Pietism > Europe, Northern > History > 18th century.
Capital punishment > Europe, Northern > History > 18th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Europe, Northern > History > 18th century.
Meurtre > Europe septentrionale.
Meurtriers > Europe septentrionale > Psychologie.
Meurtriers > Europe septentrionale > Vie religieuse.
Salut > Église luthérienne.
Piétisme > Europe septentrionale > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Peine de mort > Europe septentrionale > Histoire > 18e siècle.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
Salvation > Lutheran Church
Capital punishment
Criminal justice, Administration of
Murder
Murderers > Psychology
Murderers > Religious life
Pietism
Northern Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Lutheran Plague; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART ONE MORPHOLOGY; 2 Frequency; 3 The Murderers' Social Situation and Mental State; 4 Religious Motives; 5 The Authorities and the Murders; 6 Pietism and the Murderers; 7 Motives; 8 Boundaries; PART TWO ORIGINS; 9 Divine Demands; 10 Salvation of the Soul; 11 A Lutheran Plague; PART THREE DEMISE; 12 The Danish Decree of 1767; 13 Measures Taken Against the Suicide Murders in Germany; 14 The Role of Suicide Murders in the Penal Reform Debates; 15 From Salvation to Insanity; 16 Conclusion.
  • Appendix: Suicide Murder Cases in Copenhagen, 1697-1789Bibliography; Index.

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