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This is a collection of essays from three of the world's
pre-eminent historians of Germany, which consider German history in
global and transnational contexts. It is well known that
transnationalism has exploded in the last decade or so as a new
academic subfield of international and global history. What the
transnationalism literature often ignores or downplays, however, is
the role of the nation-state in making the transnational possible
in the first place, as noted in its very etymological origins. This
volume traces this dynamic from a different vantage-point, namely
the relationship between German history and transnationalism. Each
essay applies a transnational framework in fresh and original ways
in order to illuminate different facets of the connections between
Germany and the wider world in the modern period. Together they
will encourage the rethinking of assumptions about key moments and
developments in the history of modern Germany, and foster
reflection on the evolving nature of German history as a subject
studied in the twenty-first century.
From the ideological crucible of the Reformation emerged an
embittered contest for the human soul. In the care of souls, the
clergy zealously dispensed spiritual physic; for countless early
modern Europeans, the first echelon of mental health care. During
its heyday, spiritual physic touched the lives of thousands, from
penitents and pilgrims to demoniacs and mad people. Ironically, the
phenomenon remains largely unexplored. Why? Through case histories
from among the records of over 1,000 troubled and desperate
individuals, this regional study of Bavaria investigates spiritual
physic as a popular ritual practice during a tumultuous era of
religious strife, material crises, moral repression and witch
hunting. By the mid-seventeenth century, secular forces ushered in
a psychological revolution across Europe. However, spiritual physic
ensconced itself by proxy upon emergent bourgeois psychiatry.
Today, its remnants raise haunting questions about science and the
pursuit of objective knowledge in the ephemeral realm of human
consciousness.
This is a major, groundbreaking study by a leading scholar of continental witchcraft studies, now made available to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The author has compiled a thorough overview of all known prosecutions for witchcraft in the period 1300-1800, and shows conclusively that witch hunting was not a constant or uniform phenomenon: three-quarters of all known executions for witchcraft were concentrated in the years 1586-1630. The book also investigates the social and political implications of witchcraft, and the complex religious debates between believers and skeptics.
This book presents topical research from across the globe in the
study of the biology, habitats and threats to aquatic animals.
Topics discussed include the acoustic ecology of pinnipeds in polar
habitats; the immunotoxicological reactivity of hemocytes of
juvenile mudcrabs; the potential threat of genotoxic metals to
marine mammal health; toxic contaminants in aquatic medium concerns
and the role of bacteria in the chilled storage and
cryopreservation of sperm in aquatic animals.
From the ideological crucible of the Reformation emerged an
embittered contest for the human soul. In the care of souls, the
clergy zealously dispensed spiritual physic; for countless early
modern Europeans, the first echelon of mental health care. During
its heyday, spiritual physic touched the lives of thousands, from
penitents and pilgrims to demoniacs and mad people. Ironically, the
phenomenon remains largely unexplored. Why? Through case histories
from among the records of over 1,000 troubled and desperate
individuals, this regional study of Bavaria investigates spiritual
physic as a popular ritual practice during a tumultuous era of
religious strife, material crises, moral repression and witch
hunting. By the mid-seventeenth century, secular forces ushered in
a psychological revolution across Europe. However, spiritual physic
ensconced itself by proxy upon emergent bourgeois psychiatry.
Today, its remnants raise haunting questions about science and the
pursuit of objective knowledge in the ephemeral realm of human
consciousness.
This is a major, groundbreaking study by a leading scholar of continental witchcraft studies, now made available to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The author has compiled a thorough overview of all known prosecutions for witchcraft in the period 1300-1800, and shows conclusively that witch hunting was not a constant or uniform phenomenon: three-quarters of all known executions for witchcraft were concentrated in the years 1586-1630. The book also investigates the social and political implications of witchcraft, and the complex religious debates between believers and skeptics.
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