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Death and a maiden : infanticide and the tragical history of Grethe Schmidt
- Title
- Death and a maiden : infanticide and the tragical history of Grethe Schmidt / William David Myers.
- Author
- Myers, William David.
- Publication
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 269 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index.
- Contents
- In Brunswick, near Hannover City -- Anatomy of a crime -- A girl, purportedly a maiden -- Family values -- Common repute, women and neighbors -- Corpus delicti -- Knowledgeable women, the midwive's tale -- Legal maneuvering and the question of torture -- Terror, torture, and Grethe Schmidt -- Case for a defense -- Not even a sow, the case for Grethe -- The thick wilderness of lies -- The way to a confession -- "Even to the devil himself" -- Conclusion: many vigorous enemies.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-946
- ISBN
- 9780875804378 (clothbound : alk. paper)
- 0875804373 (clothbound : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010041620
- OCLC
- YBP 2010041620
- Author
- Myers, William David.
- Title
- Death and a maiden : infanticide and the tragical history of Grethe Schmidt / William David Myers.
- Imprint
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-946