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Volksbildung im Spiegel der Zürcher „Seelenbeschreibungen"
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Michael Egger
Languages:
German, German
Published/Copyright:
2026
About this book
Open Access
Research on literacy highlights one of the fundamental issues facing societies, as only those who can read printed texts can participate in the written discourses of their time. Using the Descriptions of Souls, around 70,000 data sets on Zurich’s rural and urban populations between 1630 and 1770, this study disproves the paradigm of an illiterate Europe pre-1800. Literacy began before the Enlightenment within the scope of confessionalization.
Author / Editor information
Michael Egger, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook
planned publication:
December 29, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111637150
Hardcover
planned publication:
December 29, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111636672
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
620
Illustrations:
20
Line drawings:
60
eBook ISBN:
9783111637150
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111636672
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars in the fields of Early Modern history, the social sciences, religious studies, literary studies.
Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND 4.0
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