| Power in the Blood: Popular Culture and Village Discourse in Early Modern Germany Revised Edition Contributor(s): Sabean, David Warren (Author), David Warren, Sabean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521347785 ISBN-13: 9780521347785 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1988 Annotation: This book is based on a series of episodes from village or small town life in the duchy of WUrttemberg in southwest Germany between 1580 and 1800, in which state authorities conducted a special investigation into local events. The cases and characters involved include peasants' refusal to celebrate church rituals; a self-proclaimed prophet who encountered an angel in his vineyard; a thirteen-year-old-witch; a paranoid pastor; a murder; and live burial of a village bull. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 943 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.02" W x 9.24" (0.90 lbs) 264 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book is based on a series of episodes from village or small town life in the duchy of W rttemberg in southwest Germany between 1580 and 1800, in which state authorities conducted a special investigation into local events. The cases and characters involved include peasants' refusal to celebrate church rituals; a self-proclaimed prophet who encountered an angel in his vineyard; a thirteen-year-old-witch; a paranoid pastor; a murder; and live burial of a village bull. |