Crime and Culture in Early Modern Germany

by Joy Wiltenburg

With the growth of printing in early modern Germany, crime quickly became a subject of wide public discourse. Sensational crime reports, often featuring multiple murders within families, proliferated as authors probed horrific events for religious meaning. Coinciding with heightened witch panics and economic crisis, the spike in crime fears revealed a continuum between fears of the occult and more mundane dangers.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813933021
• ISBN13: 9780813933023
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"