Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts Honor and Ritual Pollution in Early Modern Germany

Name: Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts Honor and Ritual Pollution in Early Modern Germany
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ISBN: 9780521027212

ISBN-10: 0521027217

ISBN-13: 9780521027212

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kathy Stuart, John Elliott, Olwen Hufton, H. G. Koenigsberger, H. M. Scott

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This book presents a social and cultural history of 'dishonourable peiple', an outcast group in early modern Germany. The book also investigates how honourable estates interacted with dishonourable people.

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgments


List of abbreviations


Glossary


Introduction: defiled trades



The Meaning of Dishonor in Early Modern Society



Medieval versus early modern dishonor



Honor, status and pollution



The Dishonorable Milieu



The status of executioners and skinners, 1500ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1700



Living on the periphery of dishonor



Paradoxical Dishonor: Punishment and Healing



The infamous fur coat, or the unintended consequences of social discipline



The executioner's healing touch: health and honor in early modern German medical practice



Artisanal Honor and Urban Politics



Guardians of honor: artisans versus magistrates



Honor and dishonor in the eighteenth century


Conclusion: dishonor and the society of orders


Select bibliography


Index