Incombustible Lutheran Books in Early Modern Germany

By:

Avner Shamir

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Routledge Research in Early Modern History

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This book discusses the early modern engagement with books that survived intentional or accidental fire in Lutheran Germany. From the 1620s until the middle of the eighteenth century, unburnt books became an attraction for princes, publishers, clergymen, and some laymen. To cope with an event that seemed counter-intuitive and possibly supernatural, contemporaries preserved these books, narrated their survival, and discussed their significance. This book demonstrates how early modern Europeans, no longer bound to traditional medieval religion, yet not accustomed to modern scientific ways of thinking, engaged with a natural phenomenon that was not uncommon and yet seemed to defy common sense.

Author Biography:

Avner Shamir is Associate Professor at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen.

Release date Australia

January 21st, 2019

Author

Avner Shamir

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

196

Series

Routledge Research in Early Modern History

ISBN-13

9780367151201

Product ID

28526795

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