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Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Apr 15, 2023
Two sixteenth-century tapestries depict the Jerusalem pilgrimage of Count Palatine Ottheinrich of... more Two sixteenth-century tapestries depict the Jerusalem pilgrimage of Count Palatine Ottheinrich of the Palatinate-Neuburg in 1521. They show a landscape of the Holy Land, with prominently the city of Jerusalem, and the surrounding holy places, indicated by biblical scenes. Furthermore, actual pilgrimage experiences of the Count are displayed, such as attacks by Turkish soldiers, pilgrims moving around in Jerusalem, and fellow travellers drowning in the River Jordan. Below the city of Jerusalem on one of the tapestries, prayer portraits of Ottheinrich and his travel companions can be seen. A slightly older panel depicts the pilgrimage of Elector Frederick III the Wise of Saxony (1493) in a similar fashion. On the back of the panel, the prayer portraits of pilgrims from the Nuremberg merchant Ketzel family are depicted. Moreover, documentary evidence supports the historical existence of at least two more similar panels, suggesting that these objects are closely related. This thesis explores these objects within the late medieval commemoration of the Jerusalem pilgrimage in other forms and media, both within and outside modern Germany, and argues that they consitute a distinct commemorative theme which was appropriated by various pilgrims over time. It is assessed how these objects came into being, how they were related and influenced each other. Moreover, it is discussed which factors drove the process of appropriation by subsequent actors in light of the socio-political context in which they came into being. It relates closely to themes such as the Reformation, the advance of the Ottoman Turks in Europe, the self-image of the nobility in light of chivalric and crusading ideals, and the use of pilgrimage as a means to rise in social status
Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Apr 15, 2023
Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern ... more Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern Europe (1350-1650). Originally conceived as the digitisation of Friedrich Bruns and Hugo Weczerka's <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em> (1962) atlas of land roads in the Hanseatic area, the Viabundus map moves beyond that. It includes among others: a database with information about settlements, towns, tolls, staple markets and other information relevant for the pre-modern traveller; a route calculator; a calendar of fairs; and additional land routes as well as water ways. Viabundus is a work in progress. Version 1.0, released on 19 April 2021, contains a rough digitisation of the land routes from <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em>, as well as a thoroughly researched road network for the current-day Netherlands and the German states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. The pre-modern road network of Denmark will be added soon; the incl...
Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern ... more Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern Europe (1350-1650). Originally conceived as the digitisation of Friedrich Bruns and Hugo Weczerka's <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em> (1962) atlas of land roads in the Hanseatic area, the Viabundus map moves beyond that. It includes among others: a database with information about settlements, towns, tolls, staple markets and other information relevant for the pre-modern traveller; a route calculator; a calendar of fairs; and additional land routes as well as water ways. Viabundus is a work in progress. Version 1.0, released on 19 April 2021, contains a rough digitisation of the land routes from <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em>, as well as a thoroughly researched road network for the current-day Netherlands and the German states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. The pre-modern road network of Denmark will be added soon; the incl...
Deutsche Schiffahrt. Informationen des Fördervereins Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum e.V., 2021
AmS-Skrifter
Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excav... more Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excavated in 1979 and interpreted as a seasonal occupied trading site, abandoned shortly after c. 1500. However, recent archaeological research on the excavated ceramics, which hitherto had not been studied in detail, raised doubts about the interpretation regarding the dating and function of the site. New research was then initiated that included an investigation of written documents in the archives of Bremen, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, pertaining to the trade with Iceland during the sixteenth century. On the basis of the new results presented here we now interpret Gautavík to have been a trading harbour that also included a farm, at least periodically, occupied from the late twelfth century, at the latest, until shortly before 1600. Gautavík was a place of supra-regional importance, being the main port of entry in Berufjörður during the medieval period. In the sixteenth century, however, Gau...
AmS-Skrifter
Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excav... more Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excavated in 1979 and interpreted as a seasonal occupied trading site, abandoned shortly after c. 1500. However, recent archaeological research on the excavated ceramics, which hitherto had not been studied in detail, raised doubts about the interpretation regarding the dating and function of the site. New research was then initiated that included an investigation of written documents in the archives of Bremen, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, pertaining to the trade with Iceland during the sixteenth century. On the basis of the new results presented here we now interpret Gautavík to have been a trading harbour that also included a farm, at least periodically, occupied from the late twelfth century, at the latest, until shortly before 1600. Gautavík was a place of supra-regional importance, being the main port of entry in Berufjörður during the medieval period. In the sixteenth century, however, Gau...
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Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Apr 15, 2023
Two sixteenth-century tapestries depict the Jerusalem pilgrimage of Count Palatine Ottheinrich of... more Two sixteenth-century tapestries depict the Jerusalem pilgrimage of Count Palatine Ottheinrich of the Palatinate-Neuburg in 1521. They show a landscape of the Holy Land, with prominently the city of Jerusalem, and the surrounding holy places, indicated by biblical scenes. Furthermore, actual pilgrimage experiences of the Count are displayed, such as attacks by Turkish soldiers, pilgrims moving around in Jerusalem, and fellow travellers drowning in the River Jordan. Below the city of Jerusalem on one of the tapestries, prayer portraits of Ottheinrich and his travel companions can be seen. A slightly older panel depicts the pilgrimage of Elector Frederick III the Wise of Saxony (1493) in a similar fashion. On the back of the panel, the prayer portraits of pilgrims from the Nuremberg merchant Ketzel family are depicted. Moreover, documentary evidence supports the historical existence of at least two more similar panels, suggesting that these objects are closely related. This thesis explores these objects within the late medieval commemoration of the Jerusalem pilgrimage in other forms and media, both within and outside modern Germany, and argues that they consitute a distinct commemorative theme which was appropriated by various pilgrims over time. It is assessed how these objects came into being, how they were related and influenced each other. Moreover, it is discussed which factors drove the process of appropriation by subsequent actors in light of the socio-political context in which they came into being. It relates closely to themes such as the Reformation, the advance of the Ottoman Turks in Europe, the self-image of the nobility in light of chivalric and crusading ideals, and the use of pilgrimage as a means to rise in social status
Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Apr 15, 2023
Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern ... more Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern Europe (1350-1650). Originally conceived as the digitisation of Friedrich Bruns and Hugo Weczerka's <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em> (1962) atlas of land roads in the Hanseatic area, the Viabundus map moves beyond that. It includes among others: a database with information about settlements, towns, tolls, staple markets and other information relevant for the pre-modern traveller; a route calculator; a calendar of fairs; and additional land routes as well as water ways. Viabundus is a work in progress. Version 1.0, released on 19 April 2021, contains a rough digitisation of the land routes from <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em>, as well as a thoroughly researched road network for the current-day Netherlands and the German states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. The pre-modern road network of Denmark will be added soon; the incl...
Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern ... more Viabundus.eu is a freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern Europe (1350-1650). Originally conceived as the digitisation of Friedrich Bruns and Hugo Weczerka's <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em> (1962) atlas of land roads in the Hanseatic area, the Viabundus map moves beyond that. It includes among others: a database with information about settlements, towns, tolls, staple markets and other information relevant for the pre-modern traveller; a route calculator; a calendar of fairs; and additional land routes as well as water ways. Viabundus is a work in progress. Version 1.0, released on 19 April 2021, contains a rough digitisation of the land routes from <em>Hansische Handelsstraßen</em>, as well as a thoroughly researched road network for the current-day Netherlands and the German states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. The pre-modern road network of Denmark will be added soon; the incl...
Deutsche Schiffahrt. Informationen des Fördervereins Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum e.V., 2021
AmS-Skrifter
Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excav... more Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excavated in 1979 and interpreted as a seasonal occupied trading site, abandoned shortly after c. 1500. However, recent archaeological research on the excavated ceramics, which hitherto had not been studied in detail, raised doubts about the interpretation regarding the dating and function of the site. New research was then initiated that included an investigation of written documents in the archives of Bremen, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, pertaining to the trade with Iceland during the sixteenth century. On the basis of the new results presented here we now interpret Gautavík to have been a trading harbour that also included a farm, at least periodically, occupied from the late twelfth century, at the latest, until shortly before 1600. Gautavík was a place of supra-regional importance, being the main port of entry in Berufjörður during the medieval period. In the sixteenth century, however, Gau...
AmS-Skrifter
Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excav... more Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excavated in 1979 and interpreted as a seasonal occupied trading site, abandoned shortly after c. 1500. However, recent archaeological research on the excavated ceramics, which hitherto had not been studied in detail, raised doubts about the interpretation regarding the dating and function of the site. New research was then initiated that included an investigation of written documents in the archives of Bremen, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, pertaining to the trade with Iceland during the sixteenth century. On the basis of the new results presented here we now interpret Gautavík to have been a trading harbour that also included a farm, at least periodically, occupied from the late twelfth century, at the latest, until shortly before 1600. Gautavík was a place of supra-regional importance, being the main port of entry in Berufjörður during the medieval period. In the sixteenth century, however, Gau...