Peasant fires : the drummer of Niklashausen /
Wunderli, Richard M.
Peasant fires : the drummer of Niklashausen / Richard Wunderli. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Enchanted time -- Carnival -- Lent -- Walpurgisnacht -- The feast of Corpus Christi -- The feast of the visitation of Mary -- The feast of St. Margaret -- Historical time.
"" ... 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.
9780253016898
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Devotion to--Germany--Niklashausen.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.--Germany--Niklashausen
Electronic Books.
BR857 / .P437 1992
Peasant fires : the drummer of Niklashausen / Richard Wunderli. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Enchanted time -- Carnival -- Lent -- Walpurgisnacht -- The feast of Corpus Christi -- The feast of the visitation of Mary -- The feast of St. Margaret -- Historical time.
"" ... 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.
9780253016898
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Devotion to--Germany--Niklashausen.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.--Germany--Niklashausen
Electronic Books.
BR857 / .P437 1992