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Peasant fires : the drummer of Niklashausen / Richard Wunderli.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1992.]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780253016898
  • 0253016894
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Peasant firesDDC classification:
  • 943/.471 22
LOC classification:
  • BR857.N55 W86 1992eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 15.70
  • 15.07
  • 15.41
Online resources:
Contents:
Enchanted time -- Carnival -- Lent -- Walpurgisnacht -- The feast of Corpus Christi -- The feast of the visitation of Mary -- The feast of St. Margaret -- Historical time.
Summary: "Wunderli (history, Univ. of Colorado) recounts the tragic story of Hans Behem, a peasant shepherd of the German village of Niklashausen, in 1476. Behem, following instructions received in a vision of the Virgin Mary, devoted himself to God and preached to the folk, his sermons becoming more radical as the crowds grew. It is also the larger story of the bitter divisions between peasants and the elite clergy, as reflected in the line "O God in Heaven, on You we call/ Help us seize our priests and kill them all." The oppressed peasants could only find "justice" in the fantasy world of Carnival, the period before Lent. At such times, society was turned on its ear: The Fool reigned, Mass was mocked, and all were reduced to a common level. But what if the attitudes of Carnival lasted beyond their appointed time? The answer to that question lies in the story of Hans Behem. Fascinating and well written, this is highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries."-- Library Journal.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)940171

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156).

Enchanted time -- Carnival -- Lent -- Walpurgisnacht -- The feast of Corpus Christi -- The feast of the visitation of Mary -- The feast of St. Margaret -- Historical time.

Print version record.

"Wunderli (history, Univ. of Colorado) recounts the tragic story of Hans Behem, a peasant shepherd of the German village of Niklashausen, in 1476. Behem, following instructions received in a vision of the Virgin Mary, devoted himself to God and preached to the folk, his sermons becoming more radical as the crowds grew. It is also the larger story of the bitter divisions between peasants and the elite clergy, as reflected in the line "O God in Heaven, on You we call/ Help us seize our priests and kill them all." The oppressed peasants could only find "justice" in the fantasy world of Carnival, the period before Lent. At such times, society was turned on its ear: The Fool reigned, Mass was mocked, and all were reduced to a common level. But what if the attitudes of Carnival lasted beyond their appointed time? The answer to that question lies in the story of Hans Behem. Fascinating and well written, this is highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries."-- Library Journal.

English.