The Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany

by Ulinka Rublack

Book Overview

This fascinating study is the first to investigate the crimes of women living in Germany during the time of the Reformation and the Thirty Years War. Ulinka Rublack draws on court records to examine the lives of shrewd cutpurses, quarreling artisan wives, and soldiers' concubines, and explores women's experiences of communities and courtship, marriage, the family, and the law.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198208863
• ISBN13: 9780198208860
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"