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German villages in crisis : rural life in Hesse-Kassel and the Thirty Years' War, 1580-1720
- Title
- German villages in crisis : rural life in Hesse-Kassel and the Thirty Years' War, 1580-1720 / John Theibault.
- Author
- Theibault, John, 1957-
- Publication
- Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DD801.H57 T47 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 237 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) was one of the greatest catastrophes ever to befall the German countryside. This book is a detailed study of how the people of the countryside experienced that war. It examines the village, the central social and cultural institution of the countryside, from several vantage points. Drawing on fiscal records, official correspondence, ecclesiastical and court records, and material objects from the village in the Werra region of Hesse, John Theibault creates a nuanced view of what both the village and the war meant to the people who experienced them. The village is revealed as the site of competing interests - interests which responded to, and were transformed by, the challenge of war. The situation of villages emerging from the war was as much a product of how they were before the war as it was a consequence of the war itself. Hence the time span of this study, 1580 to 1720.
- Theibault's study is a major contribution to recent efforts to reconceptualize the themes and chronology of early modern German history. It also contributes to the broader debate about the relationship between rural life, warfare, and political power in early modern europe.
- Series Statement
- Studies in German histories
- Uniform Title
- Studies in German histories
- Subject
- 1517-1699
- Sozialgeschichte 1580-1720
- Villages > Germany > Hesse-Kassel > History > 17th century
- Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 > Social aspects > Germany > Hesse-Kassel
- Economic history
- Manners and customs
- Politics and government
- Rural conditions
- Social aspects
- Villages
- Alltag
- Dorf
- Dreißigjähriger Krieg
- Landbevölkerung
- Landleben
- Sitte
- Wirtschaft
- Dertigjarige oorlog
- Agrarische maatschappij
- Guerre de Trente Ans (1618-1648) > Aspect économique > Thèses et écrits académiques
- Villages > Allemagne > Hesse-Cassel (Allemagne) > histoire > thèses. > 1500-1800
- Hesse-Kassel > Social life and customs
- Germany > History > 1517-1648
- Hesse-Kassel > Rural conditions
- Hesse-Kassel > Economic conditions
- Germany > Politics and government > 1517-1648
- Germany
- Hesse-Kassel
- Hessen-Kassel
- Hesse-Cassel > Conditions rurales > Thèses et écrits académiques. > 1500-1800
- Allemagne > 1517-1648
- Hesse-Cassel > Conditions rurales
- Hesse-Cassel > Conditions économiques
- Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1517-1648
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Lord, State, and Village: The Strands of Herrschaft -- 2. Inside the Village: Space and Solidarity -- 3. Households, Families, Lineages -- 4. Wealth, Ties, Tension -- 5. War Comes to the Village -- 6. The Material Impact of the War -- 7. Recovery and Reorganization.
- ISBN
- 0391038397
- 9780391038394
- LCCN
- 93028755
- OCLC
- ocm28583204
- 28583204
- SCSB-2067756
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library