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Joel F. Harrington is a historian of Europe, specializing pre-modern Germany, with particular interest in social, religious, and legal topics.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 6,427 ratings · 844 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century 3.96 avg rating — 6,158 ratings — published 2013 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opowieść kata. Z pamiętnika mistrza Frantza Schmidta z Norymbergi by Franz Schmidt, Joel F. Harrington 3.62 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 1928 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dangerous Mystic: Meister Eckhart's Path to the God Within 4.22 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Executioner's Journal: Meister Frantz Schmidt of the Imperial City of Nuremberg by Franz Schmidt, Joel F. Harrington (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unwanted Child: The Fate of Foundlings, Orphans, and Juvenile Criminals in Early Modern Germany 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cloud of Witnesses: Readings in the History of Western Christianity 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany (Volume 0) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebellion, Community and Custom in Early Modern Germany.(Book Review): An article from: The Historian 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Ehre des Scharfrichters: Meister Frantz oder ein Henkersleben im 16. Jahrhundert 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Princes of Renaissance Germany.: An article from: Renaissance Quarterly 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“How could a society hang a man for stealing honey?” we ask from our perspective; “Why does a man repeatedly risk hanging to steal some honey?” wonders Frantz.”
― Joel F. Harrington, The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

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“Why do people do cruel things to one another? And why does God Permit it?”
― Joel F. Harrington, The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death in the Sixteenth Century

tags: cruelty, evil, god, humanity

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“Popular prejudice always dies slowly, especially among those individuals most anxious about their own deteriorating economic situation and unstable social status.”
― Joel F. Harrington, The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

tags: prejudice

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