Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen PDF
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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 Thisbookisapublicationof IndianaUniversityPress 601NorthMortonStreet Bloomington,IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephoneorders 800-842-6796 Faxorders 812-855-7931 ©1992byRichardWlu1derli Allrightsreserved NopartofthisbookInaybereproducedorutilizedinanyfonnor byanymeans,electronicorInechanical,includingphotocopyingand recording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,without permissioninwritingfromthepublisher.TheAssociationofAmerican UniversityPresses'ResolutiononPermissionsconstitutestheonly exceptiontothisprohibition. ThepaperusedinthispublicationIneetstheInininuunrequirementsof AmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences-Permanenceof PaperforPrintedLibraryMaterials,ANSIZ39.48-1984. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Wtmderli,RichardM. Peasantfires: thedrluntnerofNiklashausen/ RichardWlu1derli. p. em. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. ). ISBN978-0-253-36725-9(cloth:alk.paper).- ISBN978-0-253-20751-7(paper: alk.paper) 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. BR857.N55W86 1992 943'.471-dc20 92-6104 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 This page intentionally left blank 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 This page intentionally left blank SAXONY HESSE THURINGIA • NCarnberg • Eichstatt FRANCONIA • Munich SWABIA BAVARIA MAP 1. Gennany, with focus on south-central region.
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