Infanticide and abortion in early modern Germany

Autori

• Margaret Brannan Lewis

Parametri

• 216 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Criminalistica

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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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2016