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A novella written by Heinrich von Kleist in 1811.▼
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Michael Kohlhaas is a horse-dealer in [[Holy Roman Empire|mid-sixteenth century Germany]], the time of Martin Luther. His neighbor the Junker<ref>Squire</ref> von Tronka shamelessly "impounds" two of his horses and works them half to death. Kohlhaas files a complaint in court; the Junker has friends in high places and gets the case dismissed. Kohlhaas thinks he'll have to take drastic measures to get a hearing. His wife Lisbeth, hoping to avert this, takes a petition to the Elector of Saxony. She is shoved around by the Elector's servants and dies. She, dying, points to a verse in the Bible: "Forgive thine enemies; do good to them that hate thee." -- Kohlhaas: "May God never forgive me as I forgive the Junker."
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