Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen

172 Pages·1992·12.935 MB·English

by  Richard Wunderli

Peasant
Fires
Indiana University Press ~ Bloomington & Indianapolis
TheDrummerpreachingtothepilgrimsatNik
lashausen. Woodcut by Michael Wolgemuth or
William Pleydenwurfffrom Hartmann Schedel,
Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg, 1493). Courtesy
Lilly Library, Indiana University.
Peasant
Fires
The
Drummer
of
N iklashausen
Richard Wunderli
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1.Bohm,Hans,ca.1450-1476.2.NiklashausenRegion(Germany)-Religious
lifeandcustoms.3.NiklashausenRegion(Germany)-Sociallifeandcustoms.
4.NiklashausenRegion(Germany)-Politicsandgovernment.5.Christian
pilgrimsandpilgrimages-Germany-Niklashausen-History.6.Mar)',
BlessedVirgin,Saint-Cult-Gennany-Niklashausen. 1.Title.
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11 12 13 12
It's so unfair. People suffered,
worked, thought. So much wisdom,
so much talent. And they're forgot
ten as soon as they die. We must do
everything possible to l~eep their
memories alive, because we will be
treated in the same way ourselves.
How we treat the memory of others
is how our memory will be treated.
We must remember, no matter how
hard it is.
-Testimony: The Memoirs of
Dmitri Shostakovich
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CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S NOTE xi
I Enchanted Time 1
II Carnival 15
III Lent 28
IV Walpurgisnacht 46
V The Feast of Corpus Christi 72
VI The Feast of the Visitation of Mary 91
VII The Feast of St. Margaret 115
VIII Historical Time 138
BIBLIOGRAPHY 151
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SAXONY
HESSE THURINGIA
• NCarnberg
• Eichstatt
FRANCONIA
• Munich
SWABIA
BAVARIA
MAP 1.
Gennany, with focus on
south-central region.