Burgermeister's Daughter Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town

Name: Burgermeister's Daughter Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town
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ISBN: 9780060977214

ISBN-10: 0060977213

ISBN-13: 9780060977214

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Authors: Steven Ozment

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In an era when women were supposed to be disciplined and obedient, Anna proved to be neither. Defying 16th-century social mores, she was the frequent subject of gossip because of her immodest dress and flirtatious behavior. When her wealthy father discovered that she was having secret, simultaneous affairs with a young nobleman and a cavalryman, he turned her out of the house in rage, but when she sued him for financial support, he had her captured, returned home and chained to a table as punishment. Anna eventually escaped and continued her suit against her father, her siblings and her home town in a bitter legal battle that was to last 30 years and end only upon her death. Drawn from…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/27/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Steven Ozment is McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University. He is the author of Flesh and Spirit and The BÃ¼rgermeisterï¿½e(tm)s Daughter.