Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Michigan, 1997), issued under title: Negotiating honor and state authority : the prosecution and punishment of manslaughter in Zurich and Southwest Germany, 1350-1600.
Discusses "duchy of Württemberg and the imperial city of Zurich"--ECIP data view.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Restitution : strategies of compensation and resolution in early modern Wurttemberg -- Prosecution : manslaughter and the superfacto procedure -- Legitimation : legal parameters and expert knowledge in Wurttemberg -- Homicide trials -- Accusations and mediations : the prosecution of manslaughter in Zurich -- Justification : defensive strategies in Zurich.
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