Peasant Fires : The Drummer of Niklashausen /
"" ... 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 gaine...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
1992.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "" ... 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (176 pages): maps |
ISBN: | 9780253016898 |