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The Zimmern Chronicle - Nobility, Memory, and Self-Representation in Sixteenth-Century Germany (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Zimmern Chronicle - Nobility, Memory, and Self-Representation in Sixteenth-Century Germany (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Zimmern Chronicle: Nobility, Memory, and Self-Representation in
Sixteenth-Century Germany brings the history of the Zimmern family
to English readers for the first time. In it the author not only
offers a new solution to the problem of the text's authorship, but
examines the chronicle in the context of broader current debates,
including the problem of the relationship of the early modern
German nobility to the state; memory studies; and
self-representation. The Zimmern Chronicle is arguably the most
famous noble family chronicle to come out of sixteenth-century
Germany. Unlike other noble chronicles that appeared at the same
time, this work is distinctive in that it represents the collective
memory of the Southwest German nobility. Not content to give voice
only to their own ancestry-and by extension their own existence-the
Zimmern authors included the voices of their noble contemporaries.
By memorializing relationships within their community, they drew
attention to the increasingly important issue of how their lineages
had been historically constituted. Bastress-Dukehart first relates
the history of the chronicle and introduces the long-standing
mystery surrounding the text's authorship. She then draws attention
to the importance of inheritance and the obligation for ancestral
memorialization that property devolution demands. Put simply,
inherited land and ancestral memory together manifested the
nobility's social image and demonstrated its political power. She
then sets the stage for the history the chronicle tells, recounting
a feud between the Zimmern family and the more powerful Werdenberg
family and examining how in general feuds helped to shape the
German nobility's political relationships and personal values.
Thus, Bastress-Dukehart portrays the Zimmern Chronicle as far more
than just a family history. She argues that because the Zimmern
authors filled their work with legends, sexual tales, and farcical
stories of daily life in Southwest Germany, they proved themselves
adept at offering their readers puzzles to solve, of sparking
imagination and stimulating curiosity. In short, they developed a
number of memory devices intended to make certain that their
audience, once engaged, would read their work to its conclusion.
Who, after all, would not want a glimpse into the minds, habits,
and bedrooms of the pre-modern nobility? By adopting these devices,
the Zimmern authors have proven the sanctity of the obligation to
memorialize ancestral achievements: their chronicle has endured-the
memory of the family continues.
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