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Infanticide and Abortion in Early Modern Germany (Hardcover)
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Infanticide and Abortion in Early Modern Germany (Hardcover)
Series: "The Body, Gender and Culture"
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This book is the first work to look at the full range of three
centuries of the early modern period in regards to infanticide and
abortion, a period in which both practices were regarded equally as
criminal acts. Faced with dire consequences if they were found
pregnant or if they bore illegitimate children, many unmarried
women were left with little choice. Some of these unfortunate women
turned to infanticide and abortion as the way out of their
difficult situation. This book explores the legal, social,
cultural, and religious causes of infanticide and abortion in the
early modern period, as well as the societal reactions to them. It
examines how perceptions of these actions taken by desperate women
changed over three hundred years and as early modern society became
obsessed with a supposed plague of murderous mothers, resulting in
heated debates, elaborate public executions, and a media frenzy.
Finally, this book explores how the prosecution of infanticide and
abortion eventually helped lead to major social and legal
reformations during the age of the Enlightenment.
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