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Dangerous Mystic
Meister Eckhart was a medieval Christian mystic whose wisdom powerfully appeals to seekers seven centuries after his death. In the modern era, Eckhart's writings have struck a …
Faithful Executioner
At the same time, he poses a fascinating question: could a man who routinely practiced such cruelty also be insightful, compassionate ââ?¬â?? even progressive?The Faithful …
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A RENAISSANCE-ERA EXECUTIONER AND HIS WORLD, BASED ON A RARE AND OVERLOOKED JOURNAL. In a dusty German bookshop, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington …
Meister Eckhart
Den fromme bøddelen
Å forstå oss selv og dem som står oss nær, kan være vanskelig nok, for ikke å snakke om en profesjonell drapsmann fra en annen tid og et annet sted. Hva går gjennom hodet til …
Executioner's Journal
During a career lasting nearly half a century, Meister Frantz Schmidt (1554-1634) personally put to death 392 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more. The …
Den fromme bøddelen
Å forstå oss selv og dem som står oss nær, kan være vanskelig nok, for ikke å snakke om en profesjonell drapsmann fra en annen tid og et annet sted. Hva går gjennom hodet til den …
Die Ehre des Scharfrichters
The Executioner's Journal
During a career lasting nearly half a century, Meister Frantz Schmidt (1554-1634) personally put to death 392 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more. The …
Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany
This book examines the impact of the Protestant Reformation on both the ideal and practice of marriage in sixteenth-century Germany. Combining extensive archival work with a broad …
Unwanted Child
The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem for …