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Dzieciobójstwo w dawnych dramatach szkolnych

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Mieszek M., Uniwersytet Łódzki W. F., Małgorzata Mieszek — adiunkt w Katedrze Literatury Staropolskiej i Nauk Pomocniczych UŁ a. m. p. s. i. I. p. X. X. w. t. s., malmieszek@poczta.fm
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
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2014
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vol. 25
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issue 3
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The article is analysing dramas from school theatres written between the 16th and the 18th century, containing the infanticide motive. It is seen that infanticide varies in different plays. In no case was it a main theme of dramas. Infanticide was an important component of the plot in martyrological plays. These dramas showed the heroism of martyrs and concentrated on the details of the felony. At the same time, in other plays, manslaughter of the child constitutes a subplot. Very often, the motive for killing children was the anxiety about loss of power. In many dramas, justification for committing such a crime was more important than the crime itself. Manslaughter of children probably was not portrayed directly on stage, according to the rules included in „Ratio Studiorum”. It is possible that it was portrayed with the help of allegorical images or with the magic lantern.
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Gender and Infanticide in Early Modern Bohemia: The Case of Elisabeth Symandlin, 1707–1710

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Stůj P.
West Bohemian Historical Review
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2018
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vol. 8
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issue 2
145-184
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The interrogation reports documenting a case of Elisabeth Symandlin, a young maidservant from south Bohemia who was investigated for suspicion of infanticide between the years 1707–1710, offer a unique opportunity for a research on the history of everyday life in the town of Jindˇrich ̊uv Hradec in early modern period. Following the recent foreign research in legal history (David Myers, 2011), the author of this paper argues that Elisabeth’s process indicates general problems related to criminal investigations which have been discussed repeatedly by contemporary lawyers and doctors. The present study is a contribution to the research in the history of everyday life following modern historiographical trends (historical anthropology, microhistory, gender history). Based on the sources from the estate of Jindˇrich ̊uv Hradec, it emphasizes the manifestation of woman’s involvement in crime investigation and examines the opportunities that unmarried women could get in the early modern society.
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