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Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews: The Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany
Reinharde Brauner and Rudolf Brauner
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In fifteenth-century Germany, women were singled out as witches for the first time in history; this book explores why. Sigrid Brauner examines the connections among three central developments in early modern Germany: a shift in gender roles for women; the rise of a new urban ideal of femininity; and the witch hunts that swept across Europe from 1435 to 1750.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Foreword
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Introduction
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One. The Modern Witch: Concept, History, Context
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Two. The Malleus maleficarum: Witches as Wanton Women
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Three. Martin Luther: Witches and Fearless Housewives
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Four. Paul Rebhun: Witches and Bad Wives
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Five. Hans Sachs: The Witch Lurking Within
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Six. Burning the Witch to Tame the Shrew
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Appendix: Sixteenth-Century Terms for Witches
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 1995
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- 9781685750572 (ebook)