Gebundenes Buch

Mixed Matches

Transgressive Unions in Germany from the Reformation to the Enlightenment

Herausgeber: Luebke, David M.; Lindemann, Mary

Beschreibung

This collection of essays explores discourses and practices surrounding a wide variety of transgressive unions in early modern Germany The text addresses the historical complexity of the socio-cultural institution of marriage The collection provides a new perspective into the shifting understandings of marriage and sexual union in the years 1500-1800

Autor

Mary Lindemann is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Miami. She is the author of five books, most recently The Merchant Republics: Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Earlier publications include; Patriots and Paupers: Hamburg, 1712-1830 (Oxford University Press, 1990); Health and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Germany (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996); Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe (2nd edition, 2010); Liaisons dangereuses: Sex, Law, and Diplomacy in the Age of Frederick the Great (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781782384090
• ISBN-10: 178238409X
• Artikelnr.: 41863211