Infanticide and abortion in early modern Germany

Autor*innen

• Margaret Brannan Lewis

Parameter

• 216 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Kriminalistik

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Using a wide range of contemporary sources, Lewis presents a nuanced study into the changing nature of infanticide in Germany over three centuries. Infanticide and abortion were complex crimes with a variety of causes, perpetrators and punishments. These crimes and the reaction to them are placed in the wider context of the of the period.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016