Using a wide range of contemporary sources, Lewis presents a nuanced study into the changing nature of infanticide in Germany over three centuries. Infanticide and abortion were complex crimes with a variety of causes, perpetrators and punishments. These crimes and the reaction …
In parts of West Africa, some babies and toddlers are considered spirit children-nonhumans sent from the forest to cause misfortune and destroy the family. These are usually deformed or ailing infants, the very young whose births coincide with tragic events, or children who disp…
Cambridge 1170: Um entsetzliche Kindermorde aufzuklären, wird aus Salerno ein Totenarzt gerufen - auch wenn diese Kunst alles andere als gottgefällig ist. Keiner ahnt, dass es sich dabei um eine junge Frau handelt, die Beste ihres Fachs. Mit ihrer direkten Art, Aberglauben und V…
