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Defiled Baptismal Font
Born in the late 1500s in Silkeborg, central Denmark, Kirsten Lauridsdatter began her life on a farm before relocating to Køge, south of Copenhagen, to work as a maid for Johanne Thomes, the wife of a merchant. This move had dire consequences for …