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Language: English width: 6 in Book Title: Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews : The Construction of the Wi Item Width: 6 in Author: Reinharde Brauner, Rudolf Brauner Type: Textbook Item Height: 0.5 in height: 0.5 in Publication Year: 2001 Number of Pages: 184 Pages ISBN: 9781558492974 Item Length: 9 in Subject: Europe / Germany, Africa / General, Women's Studies Publication Name: Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews : the Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany Format: Trade Paperback Item Weight: 11.1 Oz Subject Area: Social Science, History Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press

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Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews : The Construction of the Witch in Early.... Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews : The Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany, Paperback by Brauner, Sigrid, ISBN 1558492976, ISBN-13 9781558492974, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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. Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews : The Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany, Paperback by Brauner, Sigrid, ISBN 1558492976, ISBN-13 9781558492974, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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