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Paper Memory
A Sixteenth-Century Townsman Writes His World
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Matthew Lundin
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English
Published/Copyright:
2012
About this book
Paper Memory tells of one man’s mission to preserve for posterity the memory of everyday life in sixteenth-century Germany. Lundin takes us inside the mind of an undistinguished German burgher, Hermann Weinsberg, whose early-modern writings sought to make sense of changes that were unsettling the foundations of his world.
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A vivid and engaging account of the daily life of a burgher from sixteenth-century Cologne. Lundin deftly analyzes Weinsberg's unique writings in order to capture his personal response to the broad cultural developments of his time and place, from the rise of humanism to the religious violence that accompanied the splintering of Christianity. Paper Memory demonstrates the impact of major historical movements on individual experience. This is scholarship of the highest caliber.
-- Ann Blair, Harvard University
-- Ann Blair, Harvard University
Lundin's account of Weinsberg's life is rich, nuanced, and original. He pulls apart the inconsistencies and contradictions in Weinsberg's voluminous private writings in order to reveal one man's attempt to engage with and overcome the insecurities of urban life in a time of social, economic, cultural, and religious turmoil. It is rare that a book allows us to come so close to the emotions and motivations of a sixteenth-century burgher. Paper Memory will appeal to historians, literary scholars, and anyone interested in the social, cultural, and religious history of early modern Europe.
-- Marc R. Forster, Connecticut College
-- Marc R. Forster, Connecticut College
Twentieth-century denizens caught up in their e-culture world can sympathize with Weinsberg's virtues--his love of family, toleration, humility, self-confession, even his desire to live on after death--as he sought to make sense of a new identity in a changing world.
-- D. C. Baxter Choice
-- D. C. Baxter Choice
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
October 22, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9780674067653
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
318
Other:
9 halftones
eBook ISBN:
9780674067653
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
