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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Early Modern Germany"”.
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Waste Not: Criminalizing Wastefulness in Early Modern Germany
… of the long sixteenth century in Southwest Germany, as the state, community and small town families struggled to preserve family and household resources. Using local, state, and imperial court trials of “spendthrifts” from early modern Württemberg, the thesis shows that prodigality laws …
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Bodyweight and Shape in Early Modern Germany c. 1480-1620
… understandings of bodily size and shape in early modern Germany. It considers what ‘fatness’ and ‘thinness’ signified culturally for contemporaries, and examines ideas about the ‘fashionable’ body in this period. It is often assumed that concern with bodyweight and shape is a modern …
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The media representation of the crime of witchcraft in early modern Germany: an examination of non-periodical news-sheets and pamphlets, 1533-1669.
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The human horse: equine husbandry, anthropomorphic hierarchies, and daily life in Lower Saxony, 1550-1735
… formed through daily equine trade networks in early modern Germany. As reflections of human cultural values and experiences, these relationships had a significant impact in early modern Braunschweig-Lüneburg both on the practice of horse breeding and veterinary medicine and on the gendering of …
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Sensory perception, religious ritual, and reformation in Germany, 1428-1564
… ritual in fifteenth and sixteenth century Germany. It argues that the history of ritual behavior in this period discloses what can be described as a cultural ‘reformation of the senses.’ Previous histories of religious behavior in this period have approached their subject through the lens …
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Protestant Nuns as Depictions of Piety in Lutheran Funeral Sermons
… <em>Stiftsdamen</em>, fulfilled a unique role in early modern Lutheran society. This papers focuses on the implied social roles and expected virtues of Protestant nuns [<em>Stiftsdamen</em>] in the works of male Lutheran pastors who supported Protestant theological positions that promoted marriage …
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The Nationalism of Joachim Meyer: An Analysis of German Pride in his Fighting Manual of 1570.
… preservation of martial studies to the youth of Germany and the young Duke of Bavaria, Johann Casimir. Using modern examples alongside Meyer's writings the case is also made for the integration of nationalist sentiments, moral and ethical instruction, and martial arts training.</p>