A Lutheran Plague
Biographical note
Tyge Krogh, PhD (1991) Dr. Phil. (2000) in History, University of Copenhagen, is senior researcher at the Danish National Archives. He has published on Danish early modern cultural and criminal history including Oplysningstiden og det magiske. Henrettelser og korporlige straffe i 1700-tallets første halvdel (The Enlightenment and the magical. Executions and corporal punishments in Denmark in the first half of the eighteenth century) (Samleren, Copenhagen, 2000)
Readership
All those interested in cultural history, the early modern history of Europe, criminal and legal history and history of religion
Reviews
Tyge Krogh [har] med denne bog begået et glimrende og ganske læseværdigt studie af et noget gruopvækkende emne. Det internationale perspektiv understreger Kroghs analyser af det danske materiale på en ganske overbevisende og skarpsindig måde og gør at bogen appellerer til internationale forskningskredse.
Michael Nobel Jakobsen, 1066 Tidsskrift for historie, Vol. 42, No. 3 (2012), pp. 60-63
Kroghs fornemme studie står stærkt med sine stramt fremlagte resultater og velargumenterede konklusioner. Bogen er forbilledligt kortfattet, men man fornemmer alligevel det store – og i dansk sammenhæng tematisk enestående – arbejde, der ligger bag. Af Ulrik Langen, Weekendavisen No. 12, 23 March 2012, p. 7.
Michael Nobel Jakobsen, 1066 Tidsskrift for historie, Vol. 42, No. 3 (2012), pp. 60-63
Kroghs fornemme studie står stærkt med sine stramt fremlagte resultater og velargumenterede konklusioner. Bogen er forbilledligt kortfattet, men man fornemmer alligevel det store – og i dansk sammenhæng tematisk enestående – arbejde, der ligger bag. Af Ulrik Langen, Weekendavisen No. 12, 23 March 2012, p. 7.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
1. Introduction
PART I: MORPHOLOGY
2. Frequency
3. The Murderers’ Social Situation and Mental State
4. Religious Motives
5. The Authorities and the Murders
6. Pietism and the Murderers
7. Motives
8. Boundaries
PART II: ORIGINS
9. Divine Demands
10. Salvation of the Soul
11. A Lutheran Plague
PART III: DEMISE
12. The Danish Decree of 1767
13. Measures Taken Against the Suicide Murders in Germany
14. The Role of Suicide Murders in the Penal Reform Debates
15. From Salvation to Insanity
16. Conclusion
Appendix: Suicide Murder Cases in Copenhagen, 1697–1789
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
1. Introduction
PART I: MORPHOLOGY
2. Frequency
3. The Murderers’ Social Situation and Mental State
4. Religious Motives
5. The Authorities and the Murders
6. Pietism and the Murderers
7. Motives
8. Boundaries
PART II: ORIGINS
9. Divine Demands
10. Salvation of the Soul
11. A Lutheran Plague
PART III: DEMISE
12. The Danish Decree of 1767
13. Measures Taken Against the Suicide Murders in Germany
14. The Role of Suicide Murders in the Penal Reform Debates
15. From Salvation to Insanity
16. Conclusion
Appendix: Suicide Murder Cases in Copenhagen, 1697–1789
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