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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2012

1 online resource (vi, 226 p.) : ill

ISBN 9789004221376 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9789004221154 (hardback : alk. paper)

Studies in Central European histories, ISSN 1547-1217 ; v. 55

Includes bibliographical references and index

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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