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Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews

Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews The Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany

Hardback (30 Nov 1991)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study explores why, in 15th-century Germany, women were singled out as witches for the first time in history. The author examines the connections between the shift in gender roles for women, the rise of a new urban ideal of femininity and the witch-hunts that spread across Europe at that time.

Book information

ISBN: 9780870237676
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 133.430943
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 449g
Height: 230mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 20mm