Choosing Death : Suicide and Calvinism in Early Modern Geneva /

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In this case study of the Republic of Geneva, Jeffrey R. Watt convincingly argues the early modern era marked decisive change in the history of suicide. His analysis of criminal proceedings and death records shows that magistrates of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries often imposed penalt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watt, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Rodgers), 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kirksville, MO : Truman State University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1536-1798.
Självmord > historia.
Kalvinism.
Calvinisme.
Zelfmoord.
Selbstmord
Suicide.
Calvinism.
15.70 history of Europe.
Calvinisme > Suisse > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Suicide > Suisse > Histoire.
Suicide > history
Calvinism > Switzerland > History > 16th century.
Suicide > Switzerland > History.
Schweiz > Geneve.
Genf
Switzerland.
Switzerland
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this case study of the Republic of Geneva, Jeffrey R. Watt convincingly argues the early modern era marked decisive change in the history of suicide. His analysis of criminal proceedings and death records shows that magistrates of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries often imposed penalties against the bodies and estates of those who took their lives.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780271091044

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