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Peasant fires : the drummer of Niklashausen / Richard Wunderli.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)1992.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253016898
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BR857 .P437 1992
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Carnival -- Lent -- Walpurgisnacht -- The feast of Corpus Christi -- The feast of the visitation of Mary -- The feast of St. Margaret -- Historical time.
Subject: "" ... 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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction BR857.55 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn900277026

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.

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