Vraždící rodiče (narušení ideálu raněnovověké rodiny) : infanticida a familicida v raněnovověké letákové publicistice (1500-1700)

• Authors: Pavel Stůj

Title variants

EN

Parents who kill  : infanticide and familicide in early modern street literature (1550-1700)

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study is a contribution to the research in the history of everyday life following modern historiographical trends (historical anthropology, gender history). The broadside ballads, pamphlets and early modern broadsheets which document the development of two different types of crime stories (familicide and infanticide) offer a unique opportunity for research on the history of everyday life in two different regions (Kingdom of England and Holy Roman Empire). Following his recent research in this field, the author of this paper argues that child- -murder was one of the popular themes used by many authors of street literature. Their aim was to discipline the family, married couples or disobedient children and at the same time present an image of the cruel world. Based on sources from German, Czech and English libraries, the study examines different types of narratives (focusing on plot, rhetorical figures or the depiction of fictional characters) in literary texts which are put in a broader historical context and emphasises the similarities and differences between the examined regions.

Keywords

EN

infanticide; familicide; child; mother; crime; broadside ballad

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historica: revue pro historii a příbuzné vědy (Historica: Review in history and related sciences)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 135-161
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Pavel Stůj

• Katedra historie, Filozofická fakulta, Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Reální 5, 701 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic