Fearless wives and frightened shrews : the construction of the witch in early modern Germany /
In fifteenth-century Germany, women were singled out as witches for the first time in history; this book explores why. Sigrid Brauner examines the connections among three central developments in early modern Germany: a shift in gender roles for women; the rise of a new urban ideal of femininity; and...
| Основен автор: | Brauner, Sigrid, 1950-1992. |
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| Други автори: | Brown, Robert H., 1952- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
℗♭1995.
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Print version::
Fearless wives and frightened shrews. |
Съдържание:
- The modern witch: concept, history, context
- The Malleus maleficarum: witches as wanton women
- Martin Luther: witches and fearless wives
- Paul Rebhun: witches and bad wives
- Hans Sachs: the witch lurking within
- Burning the witch to tame the shrew
- Appendix: sixteenth-century terms for witches.