Suicide, Law, and Community in Early Modern Sweden
This book explores the judicial treatment of suicides in early modern Sweden, with a focus on the criminal investigation and selective treatment of suicides in the lower courts in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Riikka Miettinen shows
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SUICIDE, LAW, AND COMMUNITY IN EARLY MODERN SWEDEN Riikka Miettinen
World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence Series Editors Marianna Muravyeva University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland Raisa Maria Toivo Tampere University Tampere, Finland
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Riikka Miettinen
Suicide, Law, and Community in Early Modern Sweden
Riikka Miettinen Tampere University Tampere, Finland
World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence ISBN 978-3-030-11844-0 ISBN 978-3-030-11845-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11845-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018967769 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
This book was written while I was in receipt of funding from the Osk. Huttunen Foundation and the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences based at the Tampere University, Finland. I thank the Foundation
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