Gunpowder, Masculinity, and Warfare in German Texts, 1400-1700

273 Pages·2019·13.607 MB·English

by  Patrick Brugh

Gunpowder, Masculinity, and
Warfare in German Texts, 1400–1700
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Gunpowder, Masculinity,
and Warfare in German
Texts, 1400–1700
Patrick Brugh
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First published 2019
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brugh, Patrick, author.
Title: Gunpowder, masculinity, and warfare in German texts, 1400–1700 /
Patrick Brugh.
Other titles: Changing perspectives on early modern Europe ; vol. 21.
Description: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2019. | Series:
Changing perspectives on early modern Europe, 1542-3905 ; vol. 21 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019026433 | ISBN 9781580469685 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781787446083 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: German literature—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and
criticism. | German literature—Middle High German, 1050–1500—History
and criticism. | Military art and science in literature. | Firearms in literature.
| Weapons in literature. | Masculinity in literature. | War in literature. |
Gunpowder—History. | Military art and science—Germany—History.
Classification: LCC PT246 .B89 2019 | DDC 830.9/2860903—dc23 LC record
available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019026433
This publication is printed on acid-free paper.
Printed in the United States of America.
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To Ann, Henry, and Baer
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on Translation and Spelling xiii
Abbreviations xv
1 A Tale of Two Suits of Armor 1
2 Of Hussites and Haystacks, of Questions and Cannons 25
3 Textbook War: The Genealogy of Kriegsbücher 50
4 Gunpowder Dilemmas and Loaded Peace in
Fronsperger’s Kriegsbuch 70
5 Depicting Gunpowder in German Military
Broadsheets (1630–32) 94
6 Gustav Adolf’s Gunpowder Demise 121
7 The Aesthetics of Gunpowder in Seventeenth-Century
German War Novels 150
8 Cavalier Endings in Happel’s Der insulanische Mandorell (1682) 184
Appendix: Comparisons of Broadsheets from Battles of
Breitenfeld, Rain am Lech, and Lützen 199
Notes 205
Bibliography 229
Index 247
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Illustrations
Figures
Figure 1.1. “Full Suit of Armor,” German, ca. 1510–25 2
Figure 1.2. “Three-quarter Armor,” German, ca. 1625 3
Figure 5.1. “Formation before the Battle: Einbl Xb 4° 221,”
Breitenfeld, 1631 104
Figure 5.2. “Sketch of the Bloody Battle: Einbl Xb 4° 220,”
Breitenfeld, 1631 105
Figure 5.3. “Truthful Depiction and Description of the Great and
Violent Engagement,” Breitenfeld, 1631 109
Figure 5.4. “The Newly Set Dessert Table,” 1631 113
Figure 5.5. “The Old German Tooth-Cracker,” 1632 118
Figure 6.1. “Description of the Battle of Rain am Lech,” 1632 134
Figure 6.2. “Depiction of the Great and Bloody Battle of
Lützen,” 1632 140
Tables
Table A.1. Narrative broadsheet reports of Breitenfeld
(September 17, 1631) 199
Table A.2. Narrative broadsheet reports of Rain am Lech
(April 14–16, 1632) 201
Table A.3. Narrative broadsheet reports of Lützen
(November 16, 1632) 202
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