Matheus Miller's Memoir

A Merchant's Life in the Seventeenth Century
2000. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-73664-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Early Modern History: Society and Culture

This book reconstructs the worldview of a Lutheran merchant from the city of Augsburg in the seventeenth century. Miller's is a singular story. Though he lived through some of the great events of his age, he scarcely mentioned them. Though he was raised in the standard values of his age, he understood and applied them idiosyncratically. This is the story of one man's experience and perception based on his memoir and associated documents. Yet, despite its individual focus, the book explores universal institutions of early modern Europe: patriarchy, hierarchy, honor, community, and confession.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Safley, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations/Maps Preface Introduction Marriage and Patriarchy Public Office and Public Sphere Sociability and Social Structure Death and Confession Conclusion Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Max Safley is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.