Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany

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Beschreibung

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.

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.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Geschichte , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
Inhalt:	xx 466 S. 48 s/w Illustr. 466 p. 48 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783031252464
ISBN-10:	3031252462
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Stuart, Kathy
Auflage:	1st ed. 2023
Hersteller:	Springer Nature Switzerland Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
Maße:	210 x 148 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Kathy Stuart
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.02.2024
Gewicht:	0,625 kg

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