Religion, Government And Political Culture In Early Modern Germany: Lindau, 1520-1628 (early Modern History: Society And Culture)

The story of conflict in an island community offers a valuable case study for the analysis of early modern German political culture. Investigations range from interpersonal relations to dynamics of civic church and imperial government. Chronicled throughout are the interactions of two opposing principles in modern society 'secular' vs 'spiritual' and 'public' vs 'private'. These are found to operate both discursively and institutionally, and are deployed to help establish 'sovereign authority' ( Obrigkeit ), as well as to articulate resistance in the form of 'bourgeois republican ideology'. The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. As bloody priests and brutal warriors, the Aztecs have peopled the pages of history, myth and fiction, their spectacular violence dominating perceptions of their culture and casting a veil over their unique way of life. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life and existence, Caroline Dodds Pennock integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. This was a culture of contradictions and complications, but in amongst the grand ritual we can find the personal and private, the minutiae of life which make the world of these extraordinary people instantly familiar. Despite their violent bloodshed, the Aztecs were a compassionate and expressive people who lived and worked in cooperative gendered partnership "In 1598 a man - branded the Calabrian Charlatan by his opponents - appeared in Venice claiming to be King Sebastian, the Portuguese monarch who disappeared in battle some twenty years before. Over the next five years, the Venetians, the Spanish and the Portuguese wrangled over the true character and identity of the man. Was he a lunatic? Was he an impostor? Was he a messianic king? Eric Olsen uses this strange event to explore Portuguese millenarianism and how a group of Portuguese rebels sought to exploit it to free their nation from Spanish rule. Along the way, he analyzes broader issues in early modern European politics such as the fragility of the state, the function of exemplary justice, the influence of popular beliefs, and the role of rumor."--BOOK JACKET "The Protestant Reformation transformed the funeral more profoundly than any other ritual of the traditional Church. Luther's doctrine of salvation 'by faith alone' led to the death of Purgatory in the Protestant tradition and forced Reformers to re-establish the funeral on a new theological basis. By drawing on anthropological interpretations of death ritual, this study explores the changing relationships between the body, the soul, the living and the dead that shaped the daily encounter with death in Germany from the eve of the Reformation to the rise of Pietism, concluding with a discussion of the spread of honourable nocturnal burial at the end of the seventeenth century."--Jacket "The idea that the Renaissance witnessed the emergence of the modern individual remains a powerful myth. In this important new book Martin examines the Renaissance self with attention to both social history and literary theory and offers a new typology of Renaissance selfhood which was at once collective, performative and porous. At the same time, he stresses the layered qualities of the Renaissance self and the salient role of interiority and notions of inwardness in the shaping of identity. Myths of Renaissance Individualism, in short, will interest students not only of history but also of art history, literature, music, philosophy, psychology and religion."--Jacket Contents......Page 8 List of Map and Figures......Page 9 List of Tables......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Note on Translation and Terminology......Page 13 List of Abbreviations......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 1 Living with Death......Page 31 2 Birth and Blood......Page 58 3 Growing Up......Page 83 4 Tying the Knot......Page 106 5 Marriage and Partnership......Page 120 6 Outside the Norm......Page 150 7 Aging and Mortality......Page 172 Conclusion......Page 195 T......Page 200 X......Page 201 Notes......Page 202 C......Page 236 E......Page 237 H......Page 238 M......Page 239 S......Page 240 T......Page 241 Z......Page 242

this Story Of Conflict In An Island Community Offers A Valuable Case Study For The Analysis Of Early Modern German Political Culture. Investigations Range From Interpersonal Relations To Dynamics Of Civic Church And Imperial Government. Chronicled Throughout Are The Interactions Of Two Opposing Principles In Modern Society, Secular And Spiritual, And Public And Private. These Are Found To Operate Both Discursively And Institutionally, And Are Deployed To Help Established Sovereign Authority (obrigkeit ) As Well As To Articulate Resistance In The Form Of Bourgeois Republican Ideology.

Contents 8 List of Map and Figures 9 List of Tables 10 Acknowledgements 11 Note on Translation and Terminology 13 List of Abbreviations 16 Introduction 18 1 Living with Death 31 2 Birth and Blood 58 3 Growing Up 83 4 Tying the Knot 106 5 Marriage and Partnership 120 6 Outside the Norm 150 7 Aging and Mortality 172 Conclusion 195 Glossary 200 A 200 C 200 H 200 I 200 M 200 N 200 P 200 S 200 T 200 X 201 Notes 202 Index 236 A 236 B 236 C 236 D 237 E 237 F 238 G 238 H 238 I 239 J 239 K 239 L 239 M 239 N 240 O 240 P 240 Q 240 R 240 S 240 T 241 V 242 W 242 X 242 Y 242 Z 242 Reinvesting The Aztecs With A Humanity Frequently Denied To Them, And Exploring Their Spectacular Religious Violence As A Comprehensible Element Of Life, This Book Integrates A Fresh Interpretation Of Gender With An Innovative Study Of The Everyday Life Of The Aztecs. Living With Death -- Birth And Blood -- Growing Up -- Tying The Knot -- Marriage And Partnership -- Outside The Norm -- Aging And Mortality. Caroline Dodds Pennock. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 185-218) And Index. The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death. By all accounts, events in Lindau on the morning of 7 November 1626 centred on the City Pastor,Magister Alexius Neukomm, and his household.