These most recent essays of the late Bob Scribner show his original and provocative views as a historian on the German Reformation. Subjects covered include popular culture, art, literacy, Anabaptism, witchcraft, Protestantism and magic.
Robert W. Scribner Livres
9 juin 1941 – 29 janvier 1998
Cet historien s'est spécialisé dans la Réforme allemande, la religion et la culture populaires, ainsi que dans l'histoire sociale et économique. Son travail explore la tapisserie complexe du passé, découvrant l'interaction complexe entre la foi, la société et l'économie. Il a partagé son expertise dans des institutions telles que Portsmouth, Londres, Cambridge et Harvard, façonnant la compréhension d'innombrables étudiants et universitaires. Son écriture se caractérise par une recherche méticuleuse et une profonde capacité à donner vie aux sujets historiques.
The first detailed analysis of the forms of popular propaganda which were aimed at the illiterate and semi-literate during the Reformation in Germany.
The German Reformation
- 128pages
- 5 heures de lecture
In recent years, new approaches to the history of the Reformation of the Church have radically altered our understanding of that event within its broadest social and cultural context. In this concise study, R. W. Scribner provides a synthesis of the main research, with special emphasis on the German Reformation, and presents his own interpretation of the period. The second edition of this successful text now includes a new Introduction, a supplementary chapter and a supplementary bibliography by C. Scott Dixon.
Studies in the field of popular religion have for some time been among the most innovative in social and cultural history, but until now there have been few publications providing any adequate overview for Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. This volume presents the results of recent research by younger scholars working on major aspects of this subject. The nine essays range over nearly four centuries of German history, encompassing late medieval female piety, propaganda for radical Hussite dissent, attitudes towards the Jews, legitimation for the witchcraze on the eve of the Reformation, attempts to implement Protestant reform in German villages, Reformation attacks on population magic and female culture, problems of defining the Reformation in small German towns, Protestant popular prophecy and the formation of confessional identity, and the missionising strategies of the Counter-Reformation