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Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany
Crime, Sin and Salvation
Buch von Kathy Stuart
Sprache: Englisch

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Suicide by Proxy became a major societal problem after 1650. Suicidal people committed capital crimes with the explicit goal of ¿earning¿ their executions, as a short-cut to their salvation. Desiring to die repentantly at the hands of divinely-instituted government, perpetrators hoped to escape eternal damnation that befell direct suicides. Kathy Stuart shows how this crime emerged as an unintended consequence of aggressive social disciplining campaigns by confessional states. Paradoxically, suicide by proxy exposed the limits of early modern state power, as governments struggled unsuccessfully to suppress the tactic. Some perpetrators committed arson or blasphemy, or confessed to long-past crimes, usually infanticide, or bestiality. Most frequently, however, they murdered young children, believing that their innocent victims would also enter paradise. The crime had cross-confessional appeal, as illustrated in case studies of Lutheran Hamburg and Catholic Vienna.
Suicide by Proxy became a major societal problem after 1650. Suicidal people committed capital crimes with the explicit goal of ¿earning¿ their executions, as a short-cut to their salvation. Desiring to die repentantly at the hands of divinely-instituted government, perpetrators hoped to escape eternal damnation that befell direct suicides. Kathy Stuart shows how this crime emerged as an unintended consequence of aggressive social disciplining campaigns by confessional states. Paradoxically, suicide by proxy exposed the limits of early modern state power, as governments struggled unsuccessfully to suppress the tactic. Some perpetrators committed arson or blasphemy, or confessed to long-past crimes, usually infanticide, or bestiality. Most frequently, however, they murdered young children, believing that their innocent victims would also enter paradise. The crime had cross-confessional appeal, as illustrated in case studies of Lutheran Hamburg and Catholic Vienna.
Über den Autor
Kathy Stuart is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, USA.
Zusammenfassung

Offers an original contribution in the field of early modern history of crime, violence and religion

Emphasizes the porous boundaries of the early modern self

Investigates the local religious contexts and disciplining techniques that shaped the suicidal choices of people

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction.- 2. Liturgies of Suicide by Proxy.- 3. "Fear God and the Court, while there is still Time." Crime and Zealous Prosecution in Early Modern Hamburg.- 4. "The Unbelievably Frequent Examples of such Murders Committed solely out of Weariness with Life." Hamburg, 1668-1810.- 5. Mary with the Axe. The Cult of the Injured Icon in Baroque Vienna.- 6. The Injured Crucifix: The Emperor's Conscience and Prisoners' Defiance.- 7. Crime and Justice in a Sacred Landscape. Vienna, 1668-1786.- 8. Conclusion: The Decline of Suicide by Proxy and its Historical Effacement.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Geschichte, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xx
466 S.
48 s/w Illustr.
466 p. 48 illus.
ISBN-13: 9783031252433
ISBN-10: 3031252438
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Stuart, Kathy
Auflage: 1st edition 2023
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 216 x 153 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Kathy Stuart
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2023
Gewicht: 0,738 kg
Artikel-ID: 126275980
Über den Autor
Kathy Stuart is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, USA.
Zusammenfassung

Offers an original contribution in the field of early modern history of crime, violence and religion

Emphasizes the porous boundaries of the early modern self

Investigates the local religious contexts and disciplining techniques that shaped the suicidal choices of people

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction.- 2. Liturgies of Suicide by Proxy.- 3. "Fear God and the Court, while there is still Time." Crime and Zealous Prosecution in Early Modern Hamburg.- 4. "The Unbelievably Frequent Examples of such Murders Committed solely out of Weariness with Life." Hamburg, 1668-1810.- 5. Mary with the Axe. The Cult of the Injured Icon in Baroque Vienna.- 6. The Injured Crucifix: The Emperor's Conscience and Prisoners' Defiance.- 7. Crime and Justice in a Sacred Landscape. Vienna, 1668-1786.- 8. Conclusion: The Decline of Suicide by Proxy and its Historical Effacement.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Geschichte, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xx
466 S.
48 s/w Illustr.
466 p. 48 illus.
ISBN-13: 9783031252433
ISBN-10: 3031252438
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Stuart, Kathy
Auflage: 1st edition 2023
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 216 x 153 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Kathy Stuart
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2023
Gewicht: 0,738 kg
Artikel-ID: 126275980
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