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Peasant fires : the drummer of Niklashausen / Richard Wunderli.

By: Series: JSTOR EBAPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1992Description: 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253016898
  • 0253016894
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Peasant firesDDC classification:
  • 943/.471 22
LOC classification:
  • BR857.N55 W86 1992eb
Other classification:
  • 15.70
  • 15.07
  • 15.41
Online resources:
Contents:
Enchanted time -- Carnival -- Lent -- Walpurgisnacht -- The feast of Corpus Christi -- The feast of the visitation of Mary -- The feast of St. Margaret -- Historical time.
Summary: "" ... Lively and intellectually stimulating ... ""--Speculum""Wunderli ... has lucidly reconstructed a controversial conflict in 15th-century south-central Germany ... this engaging narrative takes off from Hans Behem-the peasant who claimed to see the Virgin and gained followers until crushed by the established church-to explore larger forces at work in Germany on the eve of the Reformation ... Wunderli also attempts to sort out the violent conflict that ensued and Hans's subsequent trial. His scrupulousness and sensitivity make for a small but valuable book.""--Publishers Weekly""Fascinating an.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156).

Enchanted time -- Carnival -- Lent -- Walpurgisnacht -- The feast of Corpus Christi -- The feast of the visitation of Mary -- The feast of St. Margaret -- Historical time.

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"" ... Lively and intellectually stimulating ... ""--Speculum""Wunderli ... has lucidly reconstructed a controversial conflict in 15th-century south-central Germany ... this engaging narrative takes off from Hans Behem-the peasant who claimed to see the Virgin and gained followers until crushed by the established church-to explore larger forces at work in Germany on the eve of the Reformation ... Wunderli also attempts to sort out the violent conflict that ensued and Hans's subsequent trial. His scrupulousness and sensitivity make for a small but valuable book.""--Publishers Weekly""Fascinating an.

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