Incombustible Lutheran Books in Early Mode Germany (Routledge Research in Early Mode History)

by: Avner Shamir (Author)

Publisher: Routledge
Edition:1st

Publication Date: 21 Jan. 2019

Language: English

Print Length: 196 pages

ISBN-10: 0367151200

ISBN-13: 9780367151201

Book Description

This book discusses the early mode engagement with books that survived intentional or accidental fire in Lutheran Germany. From the 1620s until the middle of the eighteenth century, unbut books became an attraction for princes, publishers, clergymen, and some laymen. To cope with an event that seemed counter-intuitive and possibly supeatural, contemporaries preserved these books, narrated their survival, and discussed their significance. This book demonstrates how early mode Europeans, no longer bound to traditional medieval religion, yet not accustomed to mode scientific ways of thinking, engaged with a natural phenomenon that was not uncommon and yet seemed to defy common sense.

About the Author

About the Author Avner Shamir is Associate Professor at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen.