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Liaisons Dangereuses: Sex, Law, and Diplomacy in the Age of Frederick the Great
by Lindemann, Mary | HC | Good
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- Subject Area
- Law, True Crime, History
- Publication Name
- Liaisons Dangereuses : Sex, Law, and Diplomacy in the Age of Frederick the Great
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- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Item Length
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- Europe / Germany, General, Europe / General, Legal History
- Publication Year
- 2006
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- English
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Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801883172
ISBN-13
9780801883170
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Number of Pages
376 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Liaisons Dangereuses : Sex, Law, and Diplomacy in the Age of Frederick the Great
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Europe / Germany, General, Europe / General, Legal History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, True Crime, History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Scholarly & Professional
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2005-018224
Reviews
""Microhistory is here at its best when spreading its investigative net to related, yet more remote, thematic layers."", A lively and notably readable study that is both a fascinating, if ultimately unsolvable, detective story and multilayered exploration of later eighteenth-century Europe., Aside from the scholarly value of the work, readers will derive great pleasure from Lindemann's gifts as a raconteur. She visualizes every moment of her narrative in a way that makes Hamburg as attractive and mysterious a mental destination for us as Venice or Istanbul., "Aside from the scholarly value of the work, readers will derive great pleasure from Lindemann's gifts as a raconteur. She visualizes every moment of her narrative in a way that makes Hamburg as attractive and mysterious a mental destination for us as Venice or Istanbul." -- Susan R. Boettcher, Sixteenth Century Journal, Lindemann has produced an excellent work, one that scholars can ponder and undergraduates can enjoy., "Lindemann has written a rich and rewarding work, one that demonstrates how well she has mastered her craft." -- Mary Lee Townsend, American Historical Review, Lindemann has creatively used the real-life murder of Count Joseph Visconti... to examine 18th-century European life and politics., "Microhistory is here at its best when spreading its investigative net to related, yet more remote, thematic layers." -- Karin Friedrich, German Studies Review, "Lindemann has creatively used the real-life murder of Count Joseph Visconti... to examine 18th-century European life and politics." -- Library Journal, Lindemann has written a rich and rewarding work, one that demonstrates how well she has mastered her craft., Microhistory is here at its best when spreading its investigative net to related, yet more remote, thematic layers.
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22
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College Graduate Student
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Yes
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943/.515057
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments List of Maps and Illustrations A Note on Names Prologue Part I: Events and Entanglements 1. ''Voilà--le spectacle!'' 2. A Most Difficult Case 3. A Very Diplomatic Avair Part II: Dramatis personae Entr'acte 4. A Brave and Upright Cavalier? 5. A Woman of Pleasure 6. A Real Polish Prince, a Fake Italian Count, and an Authentic Spanish Hidalgo Retrospective List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Liaisons dangereuses examines the local and international repercussions of a notorious episode in eighteenth-century Hamburg. Historian Mary Lindemann recounts the mysterious circumstances surrounding the violent death of a counterfeit Milanese count, Joseph Visconti, at the hands of an erstwhile Prussian lieutenant, the Baron von Kesslitz. Reconstructing the drama from the perspectives of four principal players--the count, the baron, an Italian/French courtesan, Anna Maria Romellini, and Antoine Ventura de Sanpelayo, the Spanish consul in Hamburg--Lindemann explores the historical currents that swept these individuals together and the effects of their encounter on Hamburg's public, its government, and its diplomatic and economic relationships with European courts and states. Lindemann profiles each person involved in the crime, exploring their lives as unique sets of circumstances while analyzing them as eighteenth-century types. What actually took place on that fateful night in October 1775? All Hamburg buzzed with rumors, but it is impossible to determine without doubt the motives of those involved, or even to know what really happened. Nevertheless, the case that developed around the killing of Visconti provides fascinating insights into the diplomatic, cultural, legal, social, and political history of the last third of the eighteenth century., Liaisons dangereuses examines the local and international repercussions of a notorious episode in eighteenth-century Hamburg. Historian Mary Lindemann recounts the mysterious circumstances surrounding the violent death of a counterfeit Milanese count, Joseph Visconti, at the hands of an erstwhile Prussian lieutenant, the Baron von Kesslitz. Reconstructing the drama from the perspectives of four principal players--the count, the baron, an Italian/French courtesan, Anna Maria Romellini, and Antoine Ventura de Sanpelayo, the Spanish consul in Hamburg--Lindemann explores the historical currents that swept these individuals together and the effects of their encounter on Hamburg's public, its government, and its diplomatic and economic relationships with European courts and states. Lindemann profiles each person involved in the crime, exploring their lives as unique sets of circumstances while analyzing them as eighteenth century types.What actually took place on that fateful night in October 1775? All Hamburg buzzed with rumors, but it is impossible to determine without doubt the motives of those involved, or even to know what really happened. Nevertheless, the case that developed around the killing of Visconti provides fascinating insights into the diplomatic, cultural, legal, social, and political history of the last third of the eighteenth century. 3 line drawings, 13 halftones., Liaisons dangereuses examines the local and international repercussions of a notorious episode in eighteenth-century Hamburg. Historian Mary Lindemann recounts the mysterious circumstances surrounding the violent death of a counterfeit Milanese count, Joseph Visconti, at the hands of an erstwhile Prussian lieutenant, the Baron von Kesslitz. ......
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