Memory Before Modernity: Practices of Memory in Early Modern Europe (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 176)

Many students of memory assume that the practice of memory changed dramatically around 1800; this volume shows that there was much continuity as well as change. Premodern ways of negotiating memories of pain and loss, for instance, were indeed quite different to those in the modern West. Yet by examining memory practices and drawing on evidence from early modern England, France, Germany, Ireland, Hungary, the Low Countries and Ukraine, the case studies in this volume highlight the extent to which early modern memory was already a multimedia affair, with many political uses, and affecting stakeholders at all levels of society. Contributors include: Andreas Bähr, Philip Benedict, Susan Broomhall, Sarah Covington, Brecht Deseure, Sean Dunwoody, Marianne Eekhout, Gabriela Erdélyi, Dagmar Freist, Katharine Hodgkin, Jasmin Kilburn-Toppin, Erika Kuijpers, Johannes Müller, Ulrich Niggemann, Alexandr Osipian, Judith Pollmann, Benjamin Schmidt, Jasper van der Steen Acknowledgements .......................................................................................... ix List of Contributors .......................................................................................... xi List of Illustrations ............................................................................................ xvii Introduction. On the Early Modernity of Modern Memory ................ 1 Judith Pollmann and Erika Kuijpers PART I MEMORY POLITICS AND MEMORY WARS 1. The Usable Past in the Lemberg Armenian Community’s Struggle for Equal Rights, 1578–1654 ..................................................... 27 Alexandr Osipian 2. A Contested Past. Memory Wars during the Twelve Years Truce (1609-21) ........................................................................................................ 45 Jasper van der Steen 3. ‘You Will See Who They Are that Revile, and Lessen Your . . . Glorious Deliverance’. The ‘Memory War’ about the ‘Glorious Revolution’ .................................................................................. 63 Ulrich Niggemann 4. Civic and Confessional Memory in Conflict. Augsburg in the Sixteenth Century ....................................................................................... 77 Sean F. Dunwoody 5. Tales of a Peasant Revolt. Taboos and Memories of 1514 in Hungary .......................................................................................................... 93 Gabriella Erdélyi 6. Shaping the Memory of the French Wars of Religion. The First Centuries ..................................................................................... 111 Philip Benedict PART II MEDIALITY 7. Celebrating a Trojan Horse. Memories of the Dutch Revolt in Breda, 1590–1650 ........................................................................................ 129 Marianne Eekhout 8. ‘The Odious Demon from Across the Sea’. Oliver Cromwell, Memory and the Dislocations of Ireland ........................................... 149 Sarah Covington 9. Material Memories of the Guildsmen. Crafting Identities in Early Modern London .............................................................................. 165 Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin 10. Between Storytelling and Patriotic Scripture. The Memory Brokers of the Dutch Revolt ................................................................... 183 Erika Kuijpers 11. Lost in Time and Space? Glocal Memoryscapes in the Early Modern World ............................................................................................ 203 Dagmar Freist 12. The Spaces of Memory and their Transmediations. On the Lives of Exotic Images and their Material Evocations ................... 223 Benjamin Schmidt PART III PERSONAL MEMORY 13. Disturbing Memories. Narrating Experiences and Emotions of Distressing Events in the French Wars of Religion ......................... 253 Susan Broomhall 14. Remembering Fear. The Fear of Violence and the Violence of Fear in Seventeenth-Century War Memories ................................... 269 Andreas Bähr 15. Permeable Memories. Family History and the Diaspora of Southern Netherlandish Exiles in the Seventeenth Century ....... 283 Johannes Müller 16. Women, Memory and Family History in Seventeenth-Century England ......................................................................................................... 297 Katharine Hodgkin 17. The Experience of Rupture and the History of Memory ............... 315 Brecht Deseure and Judith Pollmann Index ..................................................................................................................... 331 Introduction: On the early modernity of modern memory / Judith Pollmann and Erika Kuijpers -- PART I. Memory politics and memory wars -- The usable past in the Lemberg Armenian community's struggle for equal rights, 1578-1654 / Alexandr Osipian -- A contested past : memory wars during the Twelve Years Truce (1609-21) / Jasper van der Steen -- You will see who they are that revile, and lessen your glorious deliverance" : the "memory war" about the "glorious revolution" / Ulrich Niggemann -- Civic and confessional memory in conflict : Augsburg in the sixteenth century / Sean F. Dunwoody -- Tales of a peasant revolt : taboos and memories of 1514 in Hungary / Gabriella Erdelyi -- Shaping the memory of the French wars of religion : the first centuries / Philip Benedict -- Part II. Mediality -- Celebrating a Trojan horse : memories of the Dutch revolt in Breda, 1590-1650 / Marianne Eekhout -- "The odious demon from across the sea" : Oliver Cromwell, memory and the dislocations of Ireland / Sarah Covington -- Material memories of the guildsmen : crafting identities in early modern London / Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin -- Between storytelling and patriotic scripture : the memory brokers of the Dutch Revolt / Erika Kuijpers -- Lost in time and space? : glocal memoryscapes in the early modern world / Dagmar Freist -- The spaces of memory and their transmediations : on the lives of exotic images and their material evocations / Benjamin Schmidt -- PART III. Personal memory -- Disturbing memories : narrating experiences and emotions of distressing events in the French wars of religion / Susan Broomhall -- Remembering fear : the fear of violence and the violence of fear in seventeenth-century war memories / Andreas Bahr -- Permeable memories : family history and the diaspora of southern Netherlandish exiles in the seventeenth century / Johannes Muller -- Women, memory and family history in seventeenth-century England / Katharine Hodgkin -- The experience of rupture and the history of memory / Brecht Deseure and Judith Pollmann Many students of memory assume that the practice of memory changed dramatically around 1800; this volume shows that there was much continuity as well as change. Premodern ways of negotiating memories of pain and loss, for instance, were indeed quite different to those in the modern West. Yet by examining memory practices and drawing on evidence from early modern England, France, Germany, Ireland, Hungary, the Low Countries and Ukraine, the case studies in this volume highlight the extent to which early modern memory was already a multimedia affair, with many political uses, and affecting stakeholders at all levels of society. Contributors include: Andreas Bähr, Philip Benedict, Susan Broomhall, Sarah Covington, Brecht Deseure, Sean Dunwoody, Marianne Eekhout, Gabriela Erdélyi, Dagmar Freist, Katharine Hodgkin, Jasmin Kilburn-Toppin, Erika Kuijpers, Johannes Müller, Ulrich Niggemann, Alexandr Osipian, Judith Pollmann, Benjamin Schmidt, Jasper van der Steen Many students of memory assume that the practice of memory changed dramatically around 1800; this volume shows that there was much continuity as well as change. Premodern ways of negotiating memories of pain and loss, for instance, were indeed quite different to those in the modern West. Yet by examining memory practices and drawing on evidence from early modern England, France, Germany, Ireland, Hungary, the Low Countries and Ukraine, the case studies in this volume highlight the extent to which early modern memory was already a multimedia affair, with many political uses, and affecting stakeholders at all levels of society -- Provided by Publisher This volume examines the practice of memory in early modern Europe, showing that this was already a multimedia affair with many political uses, and affecting people at all levels of society; many pre-modern memory practices persist until today.