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With reference to the texts, typography, and illustrations of various kinds of ceremonial description, the study analyzes the topicology of this text genre, the task of which is to …
What we see is invariably determined by the eye of the beholder. Travellers and readers interpret the cultural text of 'foreign parts' in relation to their own horizons and …
The album amicorum is generally considered a transdisciplinary research field par excellence. The present volume is the first attempt to unite the various approaches into a …
The study inquires into the social conditions governing literary life in 18th century Hessen-Darmstadt as an example of such connections at the time. The approach is empirical and …
The Baroque Age was one of the undisputed peaks in the history of European theatre, opera, and festive stage production. The assumption so far (at least for the German-speaking …
The concept of nature is indubitably one of the essential concepts in the science and literature of the early modern age. The articles assembled here indicate the range of semantic …
The series -Documenta Mnemonica- will comprise a total of 8 volumes providing access to the sources on memorial philosophy and art from antiquity to the early modern age. Volume I …
Rutger Sycamber from Vernay (1456-1514?) joined the Windesheim congregation at the age of 20. But instead of remaining at his chosen monastery (Honingen in central Germany) he …
In the latter half of the 16th century, a large number of flysheets were published proclaiming the occurrence of so-called miracle births. Interpreted as a sign of divine wrath, …
The return of the Baltic states to Europe has been accompanied by a veritable glut of largely historical literature. The present volume is the first to essay a culture-historical …