商品簡介
Belief in omens and divination was widespread in the town of Erfurt, Germany, during the Thirty Years War. Through close study of original stories and documents, Berg (curator, Reventlow-Museum, Denmark) examines the use and interpretation of signs to tease apart various responses, showing the nuance between those of chroniclers and of preachers in a series of cases. The lay response to the war, the preachers' pressure on churchgoers to live pious lives, and the post-war interpretations of the war and its causes are central themes. The commentaries and other documents on which Berg based his research are listed in an appendix, with detailed notes. Also included are an exhaustive bibliography and indexes of biblical passages, names, and places and terms. An exemplary study, of interest to students and scholars of church history and historical anthropology. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Holger Berg is curator at the Reventlow-Museum in southern Denmark.
