A Lesbian Execution in Germany, 1721: The Trial Records
Title | A Lesbian Execution in Germany, 1721: The Trial Records |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1981 |
Authors | Eriksson, Brigitte |
Journal | Journal of Homosexuality |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 1-2 |
Start Page | 27-40 |
Abstract | In 1891, Dr. F. C. Müller of Alexandersbad published in Friedreich's Blätter für gerichtliche Medizin und Sanitätspolizei a transcription from the Prussian State Archives of a trial of two lesbians that took place in Halberstadt in 1721. The records, translated here, describe in lively detail the religious life, wanderings, and lesbian relations of Catharina Margaretha Linck. Linck was tried for committing sodomy with their lover, Catharina Margaretha Mühlhahn. The trial documents also reveal with some particularity the legal questions raised by lesbian relations in the early eighteenth century with regard to moral theology, Saxon law, and psychological theories. [publisher] |
URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v06n01_04 |
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