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Networked nation : mapping German cities in Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmographia'
- Title
- Networked nation : mapping German cities in Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmographia' / by Jasper van Putten.
- Author
- Van Putten, Jasper
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 353 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In 'Networked Nation: Mapping German Cities in Sebastian Münster?s 'Cosmographia', Jasper van Putten examines the groundbreaking woodcut city views in the German humanist Sebastian Münster?s 'Cosmographia'. This description of the world, published in Basel from 1544 to 1628, glorified the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and engendered the city book genre. Van Putten argues that Münster?s network of city view makers and contributors - from German princes and artists to Swiss woodcutters, draftsmen, and printers -0 expressed their local and national cultural identities in the views. The 'Cosmographia', and the city books it inspired, offer insights into the development of German and Swiss identity from 1550 to Switzerland?s independence from the empire in 1648.
- Series Statement
- Maps, spaces, cultures ; volume 1
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Sebastian Münster and his city views -- City portraits -- The origins, politics, and economics of the city view -- Bishops vs. burger -- Ottheinrich's View of Heidelberg -- Depicting Swiss pride -- The evolution of the city book -- Conclusion : new world, new order.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-1942
- ISBN
- 9789004335998
- 9004335994
- LCCN
- 2017037834
- OCLC
- 995014450
- Author
- Van Putten, Jasper, author.
- Title
- Networked nation : mapping German cities in Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmographia' / by Jasper van Putten.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Maps, spaces, cultures ; volume 1
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-1942