In fifteenth-century Germany, women were singled out as witches for the first time in history; this book explores why. Sigrid Brauner examines the connections among three central developments in early modern Germany: a shift in gender roles for women; the rise of a new urban ideal of femininity; and the witch hunts that swept across Europe from 1435 to 1750.
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Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews
The Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany
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eBook - PDF
Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews
The Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- One. The Modern Witch: Concept, History, Context
- Two. The Malleus maleficarum: Witches as Wanton Women
- Three. Martin Luther: Witches and Fearless Housewives
- Four. Paul Rebhun: Witches and Bad Wives
- Five. Hans Sachs: The Witch Lurking Within
- Six. Burning the Witch to Tame the Shrew
- Appendix: Sixteenth-Century Terms for Witches
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover
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Publisher
University of Massachusetts PressYear
2026Topic
Social SciencesPrint ISBN
9781558492974
Subtopic
African HistoryeBook ISBN
9781685750572
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Yes, you can access Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews by Reinharde Brauner,Rudolf Brauner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & African History. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.