Power in the blood : popular culture and village discourse in early modern Germany

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Power in the blood : popular culture and village discourse in early modern Germany

David Warren Sabean

Cambridge University Press, 1987

1st pbk. ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies and indexes

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This book offers a substantial reassessment of peasant society and popular culture in early modern Europe. The book is based on a series of episodes from village or small town life of the duchy of Wurttemberg in southwest Germany from 1580 and 1800, in which state authorities conducted a special investigation into local events. The cases and characters involved include peasants' refusal to celebrate church rituals; a self-proclaimed prophet who encountered an angel in his vineyard; a thirteen-year-old witch; a paranoid pastor; a murder; and the live burial of a village bull. Each case offers vivid insights into the state's attitude towards local communities and individuals, and the latter's conception of the state, as well as internal relations among the villagers. Throuhgout, the important but ambiguous role of the church and of religious ideology in the reformation and transformation of popular culture is made apparent.

目次

  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Communion and community
  • 2. A prophet in the Thirty Years' War
  • 3. The sacred bond of unity
  • 4. Blasphemy, adultery and persecution
  • 5. The conscience of the poor
  • 6. The sins of belief
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • General index
  • Index of places.

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