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Power in the Blood Popular Culture and Village Discourse in Early Modern Germany

Paperback • 1984 • English • 1. edition

Power in the Blood Popular Culture and Village Discourse in Early Modern Germany

By David Warren Sabean

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About the book

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 Württemberg 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-ye...Show more

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ISBN

9780521347785

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

1984

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Power in the Blood Popular Culture and Village Discourse in Early Modern Germany

Format

Paperback

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