Gender in Early Modern German History
Author | : Ulinka Rublack |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-11-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521179971 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521179973 |
Rating | : 4/5 (973 Downloads) |
Download or read book Gender in Early Modern German History written by Ulinka Rublack and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did parents prosecute their children as witches? Why did a sixteenth-century midwife entice a burgher woman to pretend she was giving birth to puppies? How did the life of a transsexual woman in early eighteenth-century Hamburg end? This volume presents a range of startling case-studies from German society between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. The study reveals new meanings of gender and identity relating to the experiences of men and women in early modern German history.