A Lutheran plague
Subtitle: murdering to die in the eighteenth century
By: by Tyge Krogh
Series: Studies in Central European histories -- v. 55
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9789004221154
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Murder; Psychology; Religious life; Pietism; Capital punishment; Salvation; Lutheran Church; Murderers; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Frequency; title: The murderers' social situation and mental state; title: Religious motives; title: The authorities and the murders; title: Pietism and the murderers; title: Motives; title: Boundaries; title: Divine demands; title: Salvation of the soul; title: A Lutheran plague; title: The Danish decree of 1767; title: Measures taken against the suicide murders in Germany; title: The role of suicide murders in the penal reform debates; title: From salvation to insanity; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix : suicide murder cases in Copenhagen, 1697-1789.