Title: Dealings with God : from blasphemers in early modern Zurich to a cultural history of religiousness /
Authors: Loetz, Francisca.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Ltd.,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Blasphemy Switzerland Zurich History.; Blasphemy History.; Offenses against religion Switzerland Zurich History.; Offenses against religion History.; Zurich (Switzerland) Church history.
Contents: Religion in early modern history : an approach by way of blasphemers in Zurich -- Formulating the question -- Research situation -- History of religion and Religiousness -- Blasphemy as a special case -- Blasphemy and history of crime -- History of Zurich -- History of blasphemy : five theses on a research deficit -- Interpretative and methodological approaches -- Explanatory models for early modern history -- Blasphemy as a key to religion in cultural history -- Blasphemy as a textually transmitted speech act -- The example of Zurich -- The time and place under study -- The offence of blasphemy in early modern Zurich -- The sanctioning of blasphemy -- Normsetting -- How the law and the secular authorities defined blasphemy -- How theology and the church defined blasphemy -- How the authorities applied the norms -- The supervisory obligation of officials and citizens -- Assessment of blasphemers -- Blasphemers : mentally deranged or morally responsible -- Sentencing practice --