Civic culture and everyday life in early modern Germany /

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The book offers an overview of bourgeois culture and the aspects of everyday life in the German cultural area from the Renaissance to the end of the 18th century. At the same time, the reader is introduced to fundamental research problems. The spectrum of topics ranges from life styles to clothing a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roeck, Bernd
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 115,
Subjects:
Middle class > Germany > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Civilization
Middle class
Burgerij.
Dagelijks leven.
Stadscultuur.
Germany > Civilization.
Allemagne > Civilisation.
Germany
Duitsland.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The character of the early modern city in the Holy Roman Empire
  • The burghers' lifestyle
  • Aspects of the daily life
  • The burgher family
  • Historical microcosms : the life of the individual
  • Beyond daily life : amusements, music and dance entertainment and theater
  • Bürgertum and the arts
  • Bürgertum and humanism
  • Burgher culture in the Baroque and Enlightenment : phases and institutions
  • The cultural function of the German city in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • The way to Arcadia
  • The invention of the cultural history of the German bourgeoisie : artworks as sources and Lieux de mémoire
  • Sources.

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