Self-Murder, Sin, and Crime: Religion and Suicide in the Middle Ages
From around 1000 CE, evidence for suicide in the West becomes more plentiful. Sources include chronicles, legal records, saints’ lives, and other religious texts. Motivations for suicide are familiar: "bereavement, poverty, and sudden disgrace or dismissal from a high post," and some "...
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Philosophy Documentation Center
2018
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Journal of religion and violence
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 206-224 |
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