A Lutheran plague [electronic resource] : murdering to die in the eighteenth century / by Tyge Krogh.

By: Krogh, Tyge, 1954-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Central European histories ; v. 55.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2012Description: vi, 226 p. : illISBN: 9789004221376 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Murder -- Europe, Northern | Murderers -- Europe, Northern -- Psychology | Murderers -- Religious life -- Europe, Northern | Salvation -- Lutheran Church | Pietism -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 18th century | Capital punishment -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 18th century | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.152/309409033 LOC classification: HV6535.E86 | K76 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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