A Lutheran plague : murdering to die in the eighteenth century / / by Tyge Krogh.
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| Superior document: | Studies in Central European histories, v. 55 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Central European histories ;
v. 55. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 226 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Frequency
- The murderers' social situation and mental state
- Religious motives
- The authorities and the murders
- Pietism and the murderers
- Motives
- Boundaries
- Divine demands
- Salvation of the soul
- A Lutheran plague
- The Danish decree of 1767
- Measures taken against the suicide murders in Germany
- The role of suicide murders in the penal reform debates
- From salvation to insanity
- Conclusion
- Appendix : suicide murder cases in Copenhagen, 1697-1789.