Introduction:Toward A History Of Suicide In Early Modern Europe

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List Of Illustrations vii
4. List Of Tables ix
5. Introduction:Toward A History Of Suicide In Early Modern Europe 1
6. 1. The Judicial Treatment of Suicide in Amsterdam 9
7. 2. Suicide and the Vicar General in London:A Mystery Solved? 25
8. 3. Controlling the Body of the Suicide in Saxony 48
9. 4. The Suicidal Mind and Body: Examples from Northern Germany 64
10. 5. Suicidal Murders in Stockholm 81
11. 6. Ambivalence toward Suicide in Golden Age Spain 100
12. 7. Honfibú: Nationhood, Manhood, and the Culture of Self-Sacrifice in Hungary 116
13. 8. Suicide, Gender, and Religion:The Case of Geneva 138
14. 9. Suicide in Paris, 1775 158
15. 10. The Suicide of Sir Samuel Romilly:Apotheosis or Outrage? 175
16. Acknowledgments 189
17. Notes 191
18. Contributors 231
19. Index 233