the narrowing of its German meaning was only in the process and happened a bit later, during the 19th century.
Aah, okay, then Horowski was correct! But yes, the cabinet order still seems to refer only to bestiality, especially in conjunction with the 1794 code. Was that the code that was started by Fritz in the 1780s, though not finished and promulgated until after his death?
remember a letter in his old age where he’s proud to having had to sign only a handful of death penalties in his entire reign
Annually! Letter to Voltaire in 1777:
Hee, we were writing at the same time and found different letters, that's awesome.
And yes, Blanning talks about how Fritz abolished the public penance too.
(I have to say, not only was he invested, he had a better grasp of the connection between infaticide/abortion and shaming/punishing women instead of helping them than some modern-day right wing politicians.)
No kidding! Though Blanning also attributes this decision to Fritz's obsession with increasing the population of his territory. Given other things Fritz says about not shaming women who are seduced, and sympathizing with women cheating on their husbands if the husbands cheat first, I suspect his motives were partly humane, partly pragmatic.
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Re: Sodomy
Date: 2021-01-26 01:19 pm (UTC)Aah, okay, then Horowski was correct! But yes, the cabinet order still seems to refer only to bestiality, especially in conjunction with the 1794 code. Was that the code that was started by Fritz in the 1780s, though not finished and promulgated until after his death?
remember a letter in his old age where he’s proud to having had to sign only a handful of death penalties in his entire reign
Annually! Letter to Voltaire in 1777:
Hee, we were writing at the same time and found different letters, that's awesome.
And yes, Blanning talks about how Fritz abolished the public penance too.
(I have to say, not only was he invested, he had a better grasp of the connection between infaticide/abortion and shaming/punishing women instead of helping them than some modern-day right wing politicians.)
No kidding! Though Blanning also attributes this decision to Fritz's obsession with increasing the population of his territory. Given other things Fritz says about not shaming women who are seduced, and sympathizing with women cheating on their husbands if the husbands cheat first, I suspect his motives were partly humane, partly pragmatic.