ISBN:
9780521652391
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0521652391
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0511117744
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9780511117749
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0511066414
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9780511066412
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 286 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Safley, Thomas Max [Rezension von: Stuart, Kathy, Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts: Honor and Ritual Pollution in Early Modern Germany] 2002
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in early modern history
Parallel Title:
Print version Defiled trades and social outcasts
DDC:
305.50943
Keywords:
Social classes History
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Germany
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Occupations History
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Germany
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Social classes History
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Occupations History
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Occupations History
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Social classes History
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Electronic books Germany
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Social Classes
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Occupations
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Social classes
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Ehrlosigkeit
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Ausgrenzung
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Randgroepen
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Beroepen
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Eer
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Sociale isolatie
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History
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Deutschland
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Augsburg
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Germany
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
"This book presents a social and cultural history of 'dishonorable people' (unehrliche Leute), an outcast group in early modern Germany. Executioners, skinners, grave-diggers, shepherds, barber-surgeons, millers, linen-weavers, sow-gelders, latrine-cleaners, and bailiffs were among the 'dishonorable' by virtue of their trades. This dishonor was either inherited, often through several generations, or it arose from ritual pollution whereby honorable citizens could become dishonorable by coming into casual contact with members of the outcast group." "The dishonorable milieu of the city of Augsburg from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century is reconstructed, to show the extent to which dishonor determined the life-chances and self-identity of dishonorable people."--Jacket
Abstract:
Introduction: defiled trades --pt. I.The Meaning of Dishonor in Early Modern Society.1.Medieval versus early modern dishonor.2.Honor, status, and pollution --pt. II.The Dishonorable Milieu.3.The status of executioners and skinners, 1500-1700.4.Living on the periphery of dishonor --pt. III.Paradoxical Dishonor: Punishment and Healing.5.The infamous fur coat, or the unintended consequences of social discipline.6.The executioner's healing touch: health and honor in early modern German medical practice --pt. IV.Artisanal Honor and Urban Politics.7.Guardians of honor: artisans versus magistrates.8.Honor and dishonor in the eighteenth century.Conclusion: dishonor and the society of orders.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-280) and index. - Description based on print version record
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