From sin to insanity
| Titel: | From sin to insanity : suicide in early modern Europe / ed. by Jeffrey R. Watt |
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| Veröffentlicht: | New York, NY : Cornell University Press, 2004 |
| Umfang: | VI, 240 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780801442780 ; 0801442788 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- List of Illustrations
- p. vii
- List of Tables
- p. ix
- Introduction: Toward a History of Suicide in Early Modern Europe
- p. 1
- 1
- The Judicial Treatment of Suicide in Amsterdam
- p. 9
- 2
- Suicide and the Vicar General in London: A Mystery Solved?
- p. 25
- 3
- Controlling the Body of the Suicide in Saxony
- p. 48
- 4
- The Suicidal Mind and Body: Examples from Northern Germany
- p. 64
- 5
- Suicidal Murders in Stockholm
- p. 81
- 6
- Amoivalence toward Suicide in Golden Age Spain
- p. 100
- 7
- Honfibu: Nationhood, Manhood, and the Culture of Self-Sacrifice in Hungary
- p. 116
- 8
- Suicide, Gender, and Religion: The Case of Geneva
- p. 138
- 9
- Suicide in Paris, 1775
- p. 158
- 10
- The Suicide of Sir Samuel Romilly: Apotheosis or Outrage?
- p. 175
- Acknowledgments
- p. 189
- Notes
- p. 191
- Contributors
- p. 231
- Index
- p. 233
