Gender in Early Modern German History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521179973)

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.

Author: Ulinka Rublack
ISBN-10: 0521179971
ISBN-13: 9780521179973
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2010
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d