Jeffrey R Watt: 1 book
Choosing Death
Suicide and Calvinism in Early Modern Geneva
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
In this case study of the Republic of Geneva, Jeffrey R. Watt convincingly argues the early modern era marked decisive change in the history of suicide. His analysis of criminal proceedings and death records shows that magistrates of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries often imposed penalties...
