num_pages: 302
description: This book offers an overview of bourgeois culture and aspects of everyday life in the German cultural area from the Renaissance to the end of the 18th century. At the same time the reader is introduced to fundamental research problems.The spectrum of topics ranges from life styles to clothing and eating habits, from consciousness of time to rites de passage , birth, marriage and death. Special attention is paid to the role of female and male citizens in music, literature and fine arts. This is a concise introduction for history and art history students, scholars and everyone interested in the pre-history of the modern world. References from important sources define the text; together they are useful resources for teaching.
language: English
title: Civic Culture And Everyday Life in Early Modern Germany (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)
titlecomplete: Civic Culture And Everyday Life in Early Modern Germany (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions) (Studies in Medieval & Reformation Thought, 115)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Brill Academic Pub