ISBN:
1281399809
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9781281399809
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9789047410423
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 286 p)
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ill
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Gay, David Elton [Rezension von: Roeck, Bernd, Civic Culture and Everyday Life in Early Modern Germany] 2009
Series Statement:
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions v. 115
Uniform Title:
Lebenswelt und Kultur des Bürgertums in der frühen Neuzeit. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Civic Culture and Everyday Life in Early Modern Germany
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Middle class History
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Germany ; Civilization
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Electronic books
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Germany Civilization
Abstract:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION -- 1. Cultural Significance of the German Citizen from Late Medieval to Early Modern Period -- 2. On Terminology: Bürgertum, Culture, Ways of Living, and Environment -- 3. The Citizens and Rural Society -- CHAPTER TWO THE CHARACTER OF THE EARLY MODERN CITY IN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE -- 1. Geography -- 2. Vedute: The Ideal and the Reality of the City -- 3. City Planning and Construction -- 4. The Ideal and the Planned City -- 5. The Burgher's House -- 6. Cobblestones and Filth -- CHAPTER THREE THE BURGHERS' LIFESTYLE -- 1. The "Burgher House" and its Furnishings: Problems of Research -- 2. Spheres of Life -- 3. Household Culture: Lighting and Heating -- 4. Organization of the Rooms -- 5. Furnishings and Living Atmosphere -- 6. Periodization -- 7. Economic and Social Prerequisites for Change -- CHAPTER FOUR ASPECTS OF THE DAILY LIFE -- 1. Organization of Time, Daily Routine -- 2. Meals and Drinks -- 3. Table Manners -- 4. Clothing and Fashion -- 5. Hygiene -- 6. Lifestyles and the Process of Civilization -- CHAPTER FIVE THE BURGHER FAMILY -- 1. Aspects of Recent Research -- 2. The "Whole House" -- 3. Values -- 4. New Avenues for Research -- CHAPTER SIX HISTORICAL MICROCOSMS: THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL -- 1. Youth and Education -- 2. Marriage -- 3. Death -- CHAPTER SEVEN BEYOND DAILY LIFE: AMUSEMENTS, MUSIC AND DANCE, ENTERTAINMENT AND THEATER -- 1. Leisure and Free-time -- 2. Music and Dance -- 3. Theater -- 4. 18th Century Developments: The Concert Hall and Burgher Theater with Circles and Balconies -- CHAPTER EIGHT BÜRGERTUM AND THE ARTS -- 1. Art as History -- 2. The Rise of the Artist -- 3. Works of Art in the City -- 4. Urban Architecture -- 5. The Art Market and the Collecting of Art -- 6. The Cultural Centrality of Church and Court in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
Description / Table of Contents:
""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION""; ""1. Cultural Significance of the German Citizen from Late Medieval to Early Modern Period""; ""2. On Terminology: B�rgertum, Culture, Ways of Living, and Environment""; ""3. The Citizens and Rural Society""; ""CHAPTER TWO THE CHARACTER OF THE EARLY MODERN CITY IN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE""; ""1. Geography""; ""2. Vedute: The Ideal and the Reality of the City""; ""3. City Planning and Construction""; ""4. The Ideal and the Planned City""; ""5. The Burgher�s House""; ""6. Cobblestones and Filth""
Description / Table of Contents:
""CHAPTER THREE THE BURGHERS� LIFESTYLE""""1. The “Burgher House� and its Furnishings: Problems of Research""; ""2. Spheres of Life""; ""3. Household Culture: Lighting and Heating""; ""4. Organization of the Rooms""; ""5. Furnishings and Living Atmosphere""; ""6. Periodization""; ""7. Economic and Social Prerequisites for Change""; ""CHAPTER FOUR ASPECTS OF THE DAILY LIFE""; ""1. Organization of Time, Daily Routine""; ""2. Meals and Drinks""; ""3. Table Manners""; ""4. Clothing and Fashion""; ""5. Hygiene""; ""6. Lifestyles and the Process of Civilization""
Description / Table of Contents:
""CHAPTER FIVE THE BURGHER FAMILY""""1. Aspects of Recent Research""; ""2. The “Whole House�""; ""3. Values""; ""4. New Avenues for Research""; ""CHAPTER SIX HISTORICAL MICROCOSMS: THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL""; ""1. Youth and Education""; ""2. Marriage""; ""3. Death""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN BEYOND DAILY LIFE: AMUSEMENTS, MUSIC AND DANCE, ENTERTAINMENT AND THEATER""; ""1. Leisure and Free-time""; ""2. Music and Dance""; ""3. Theater""; ""4. 18th Century Developments: The Concert Hall and Burgher Theater with Circles and Balconies""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT BÜRGERTUM AND THE ARTS""
Description / Table of Contents:
""1. Art as History""""2. The Rise of the Artist""; ""3. Works of Art in the City""; ""4. Urban Architecture""; ""5. The Art Market and the Collecting of Art""; ""6. The Cultural Centrality of Church and Court in the 17th and 18th Centuries""; ""CHAPTER NINE BÃœRGERTUM AND HUMANISM""; ""1. Italy and Germany""; ""2. Paths of Cultural Transfer""; ""3. Significance of the Urban World for the Expansion of Humanist Culture""; ""4. Humanism and Education""; ""CHAPTER TEN BURGHER CULTURE IN THE BAROQUE AND ENLIGHTENMENT: PHASES AND INSTITUTIONS""; ""1. The Problem of Periodization and Epochs""
Description / Table of Contents:
""2. Institutions and Means of Discourse""""3. The Enlightenment and Criticism: Tendencies towards Politicization""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN THE CULTURAL FUNCTION OF THE GERMAN CITY IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE THE WAY TO ARCADIA""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE INVENTION OF THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE GERMAN BOURGEOISIE: ARTWORKS AS SOURCES AND LIEUX DE MÃ?MOIRE""; ""1. Pictures of German Burgher Culture during the Early Modern Period: Some Remarks Concerning Quellenkritik""; ""2. The Image of the Burgher: What Portraits Tell Us""
Description / Table of Contents:
""3. The German BildungsbÃ?rgertum (the Educated Middle Classes) and the Cultural History of Early Modern Europe: The Image of the Nineteenth Century""
Note:
Expanded with new material for this translation
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-273) and index
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