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Myers deftly guides the reader through the methods used by investigators to collect information and the way that historians can ask questions and set contexts with these kinds of sources. For this reason, the book should find a strong readership among undergraduate and graduate students interested in early modern criminal history and scholars approaching complicated criminal cases for the first time.

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Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Grethe 1. In Brunswick, Near Hannover City 2. Anatomy of a Crime 3. A Girl, Purportedly a Maiden 4. Family Values 5. Common Repute: Women and Neighbors 6. Corpus Delicti 7. Knowledgeable Women: The Midwives' Tale 8. Legal Maneuvering and the Question of Torture 9. Terror, Torture, and Grethe Schmidt Part II: Justus10. Case for a Defense 11. Defending Grethe 12. The Thick Wilderness of Lies 13. The Way to a Confession 14. "Even to the Devil Himself" Conclusion: Many Vigorous Enemies Notes Bibliography Index

Death and a Maiden

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 1 April 2011
      ISBN-13 9780875804378
      978-0875804378
      ISBN-10 0875804373

      Description

      Book Synopsis


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      Myers deftly guides the reader through the methods used by investigators to collect information and the way that historians can ask questions and set contexts with these kinds of sources. For this reason, the book should find a strong readership among undergraduate and graduate students interested in early modern criminal history and scholars approaching complicated criminal cases for the first time.

      * German Studies Review *

      Table of Contents

      Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Grethe 1. In Brunswick, Near Hannover City 2. Anatomy of a Crime 3. A Girl, Purportedly a Maiden 4. Family Values 5. Common Repute: Women and Neighbors 6. Corpus Delicti 7. Knowledgeable Women: The Midwives' Tale 8. Legal Maneuvering and the Question of Torture 9. Terror, Torture, and Grethe Schmidt Part II: Justus10. Case for a Defense 11. Defending Grethe 12. The Thick Wilderness of Lies 13. The Way to a Confession 14. "Even to the Devil Himself" Conclusion: Many Vigorous Enemies Notes Bibliography Index

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