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Section: Main session Period: Early modern Since the 19th century the concept of "community&... more Section: Main session Period: Early modern Since the 19th century the concept of "community" has wielded enormous influence upon sociological thinking and historical urban studies. It has occupied a central place in theoretical debates on mentality and society from Ferdinand Tönnies, Émile Durkheim and Max Weber to the Chicago School of Sociology and, most recently, Anthony P. Cohen and Gerard Delanty. By adopting the community/society thesis the urban historical research has mostly treated the pre-1800 European cities as communities of burghers: that is, primarily collectivist social organisms that rested upon principles of solidarity, harmony and order. The issue has been, however, explored rather one-sidedly. Whilst much has been written on centrifugal factors (the rising power of centralized territorial states, deepening economic and social inequalities) and competing religious and cultural identities (reformation, steadily increasing population mobility) that heavily ...

Existing research on Czech and Slovak exile has primarily focused on the main centres of Czech an... more Existing research on Czech and Slovak exile has primarily focused on the main centres of Czech and Slovak exile in the USA and Western Europe. However, an analysis of life in exile in a geographically and geopolitically more peripheral region can provide illuminating insights into the problem as well. The study presented here deals with the exile of Czechs and Slovaks in Australia, and it comes to the conclusion that these groups of exiles exhibited a high degree of autonomy from the "Council of Free Czechoslovakia" (Rada svobodného Československa). At the same time, the article analyses the specific conditions affecting immigrants and exiles in Australia and determining their organizational activities. One factor was the country's significant distance from Europe along with its gigantic size, while another was the fact that there were no older cultural or political organisations of Czech and Slovak compatriots in Australia. Likewise important were the circumstances that the Australian society was politically oriented towards the Left and that the Australian government initially obligated political refugees to sign two-year work contracts. On the other hand, the life of Czech and Slovak communities in Australia also exhibited various common features and problems of anti-communist exile-most of all, the attempts to copy the political and cultural paradigms of "Masaryk Czechoslovakia." The large majority of these immigrants were politically passive, and there was a generational and cultural difference between the refugees of 1948 and those of 1968. Finally, tensions between Czechs and Slovaks that were suppressed in totalitarian Czechoslovakia became visible in Australia as well.

Laszlo Kontler, Farewell to Istvan Gyorgy Toth Jaroslav Miller and Laszlo Kontler, Foreword I. Ap... more Laszlo Kontler, Farewell to Istvan Gyorgy Toth Jaroslav Miller and Laszlo Kontler, Foreword I. Approaches and Historiographical Issues Heinz Schilling, The Religious Borderlines of the Confessionalization and Secularisation of European Culture and Societies: Results and Perspectives of My Cooperation with Istvan Gyorgy Toth Charles Kecskemeti, The Value of Foreign Sources for the Understanding of National History, Dubravko Lovrenovic, Hungary and Bosnia 1387-1463: Between Stereotypes and New Interpretations, II. Confessional and Religious Life II.1. Confessional Identities Maria Crăciun, Eucharistic Iconography and the Confessional Identity of the Saxon Community in Early Modern Transylvania Marta Fata, Wider den grausamen Erbfeind deA Christlichen NahmensA": Lutheran Military Chaplains from Wurttemberg in the Hungarian Wars against the Ottoman Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Eva Kowalska, The Ambivalence of Exile: Hungarian Exiles in Germany in the Seventeenth Century Georg B. Michels, The Counter-Reformation and the 1672 Kuruc Revolt II.2. Symbol and Representation Radmila Pavlickova, A Funeral and a Political Pamphlet: The Funeral Sermon for Archbishop Johann Schweikard of Mainz in 1626 Martin Elbel, The Making of a Perfect Friar: Habit and Reform in the Franciscan Tradition II.3. Strife and Accommodation Antonin Kalous, The Politics of Church Unification: Efforts to Reunify the Utraquists and Rome in the 1520s Daniel Tollet, Some Reflections on Uniatism in the Confederation of Poland and Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century, II.4. Religion, Empire and Ideology Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, The Political Theologies of Empires: Jesuit Missionaries between Counter-Reformation Europe and the Chinese Empire Alfred J. Rieber, Conversion as an Instrument of Imperial Rule: The Case of the Russian Empire III. Society and Culture III.1. Order, Hierarchy and Cultural Capital Joachim Bahlcke, The Bishops of the Hungarian CrownA": A Case Study in the Ecclesiastical, Social and Constitutional History of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in South-Eastern Europe Emese Balint, Levels of Group Loyalty at the Turn of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Kolozsvar in the Rakoczi War of Independence Anna Maria Rao, Comparing the Enlightenment: Men of Letters and the Intellectual Milieu in Eighteenth-Century Naples III.2. Disorder, Discipline and Denunciation Cornel Zwierlein, Kateryna Dysa, Orthodox Demonology and the Perception of Witchcraft in Early Modern Ukraine Blanka Szeghyova, Punishment in Sixteenth Century Hungarian Towns III.3. Word and Print, Education and Literacy Zoran Velagic, Reading Aloud: Between Oral and Literate Communication Orlin Sabev (Orhan Salih), A Virgin Deserving Paradise or a Whore Deserving Poison: Manuscript Tradition and Printed Books in Ottoman Turkish Society Victor Karady, Education and Denominations in Transdanubia (1910) Register of Geographic Names Istvan Gyorgy Toth's Bibliography, List of Contributors

The Transformation of Confessional Cultures in a Central European City results from a series of p... more The Transformation of Confessional Cultures in a Central European City results from a series of projects about the history of Olomouc, a medium-sized royal city in Moravia in the present-day Czech Republic. Set in its regional as well as wider contexts, this study of Olomouc contributes to research into ecclesiastical and religious developments of both the late medieval and early modern periods, and in particular the confessional divisions that followed the German Reformation. The chapters of this book are divided along chronological lines and also divided by topics and themes including: Hussitism and Utraquism, the early Czech Reformation, the impact and influences of the German Reformation, and the revival of the Catholic Church from the second half of the seventeenth century. Even though the struggles between rival confessions in the city only took place between the 1530s and 1650s, the council had asserted the city’s Catholicity against the Hussites in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. This emphasis on the city’s Catholic spirituality, and the importance to the urban community of Catholic ritual and ceremonies was restored from the second half of the seventeenth century. The image of religious life in Olomouc that emerges from this study is of a society with competing Catholic bodies and individuals not only opposed to non-Catholic churches but also with sharp internal rivalries between Catholic institutions over forms of ritual and styles of worship. CONTENTS Foreword Introduction. Olomouc – The City and Its History, by Jaroslav Miller 1. A Catholic City in the Hussite Era, 1400-1450s, by Jan Stejskal Death of Margrave Jobst Catholic City versus Hussite Nobility Bishops of Olomouc The Besieged City Capestrano in the City Conclusion 2. Between Hussitism and Reformation, 1450s-1520s, by Antonín Kalous King George Competing Catholic Institutions The Bishop, the Chapter and the City King Matthias Religious Orders The City and the German Reformation Conclusion 3. The Divided City, 1520s-1600, by Ondřej Jakubec Conflict and Coexistence 1556-1558: Confessional Reversal The Olomouc Bishops and Their Confessional Politics in a Divided City The Olomouc City Council versus the Olomouc Bishops The City School at the Church of St Maurice Lutheran Preachers and “Agitators” The Death of Georg Thaller in 1570 and non-Catholic Burials in Olomouc Disciplining of Religious Life in Olomouc The Confessional Topography of Olomouc and Its Visual Manifestations Conclusion 4. The Stormy Path to a Single Religion, 1600-1650, by Tomáš Parma Difficult Continuity: Olomouc in the pre-White Mountain Period Revolt of the Estates: The Temporary Hegemony of non-Catholics State Enforced re-Catholicisation and Decline of the City Swedish Occupation Conclusion 5. The Evolution of Catholic Identity, 1650-1700, by Radmila Prchal Pavlíčková Pilgrimage and Baroque Spirituality Bishop Charles Revival of Catholic Piety Active Religious Life Conclusion 6. Consolidation, 1700-1750, by Martin Elbel Balance of Power Self-Assured Triumph New Challenges Conclusion Afterword, by Graeme Murdock List of Olomouc Bishops, 1397-1776 List of Figures List of Abbreviations Archival Sources Bibliography Index

Introduction Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively ... more Introduction Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively high level of early modern population mobility encouraged by the emergence of qualitatively new phenomena in the spheres of the economy, culture and religion. There is also a prevailing consensus among historians referring to “natural decrease theory”. Historical demographers have suggested that because of the high mortality rates caused by epidemics, wars, natural catastrophes, and continual problems with hygiene the natural increase of the urban population was either moderate or nonexistent. Therefore, it was primarily immigration that either produced the rise or compensated for population losses. In this study I will restrict myself to some aspects of early modern population mobility in East-Central Europe, a region largely neglected so far by comparative historians. To be more specific, my attention will be drawn to Poland-Lithuania and two provinces of the Habsburg monarchy, namely ...

Школа ИШПР Отделение Геологии Уровень образования Магистратура Направление/специальность 21.04.02... more Школа ИШПР Отделение Геологии Уровень образования Магистратура Направление/специальность 21.04.02 «Землеустройство и кадастры» Исходные данные к разделу «Социальная ответственность»: Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЙ ТОМСКИЙ ПОЛИТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» Инженерная школа природных ресурсов Направление подготовки (специальность) 21.04.02 Землеустройство и кадастры Уровень образования магистр Отделение геологии Период выполнения (осенний / весенний семестр 2017/2018 учебного года) Форма представления работы: Магистерская диссертация (бакалаврская работа, дипломный проект/работа, магистерская диссертация) КАЛЕНДАРНЫЙ РЕЙТИНГ-ПЛАН выполнения выпускной квалификационной работы Срок сдачи студентом выполненной работы: Дата контроля Название раздела (модуля) / вид работы (исследования) Максимальный балл раздела (модуля)

Historical Urban Studies Series Series editors: Jean-Luc Pinol and Richard Rodger Titles in the s... more Historical Urban Studies Series Series editors: Jean-Luc Pinol and Richard Rodger Titles in the series include: Marriage, Manners and Mobility in Early Modern Venice Alexander Cowan Who Ran the Cities? City Elites and Urban Power Structures in Europe and North ...

Moderni Dějiny Sbornik K Dějinam 19 a 20 Stoleti, 2012

Urban History, 2012

ABSTRACT:In referring to the sociological concept of community as a cultural field with a complex... more ABSTRACT:In referring to the sociological concept of community as a cultural field with a complex of symbols, the article examines the language of urban communities as applied by pre-1800 urban historiography. The analysis of mostly (East) Central European urban chronicles, burgher diaries and panegyrical texts discloses the strong presence of a normative vision of an idealized community which was projected, however, into the life of a real city.

Parergon, 2012

No precise equivalent in English exists. Hereafter, it is referred to as an instruction. I greatl... more No precise equivalent in English exists. Hereafter, it is referred to as an instruction. I greatly appreciate the financial support provided by a Go8 Fellowship (The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, The University of Western Australia, Perth), the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (project 404/09/0026), and the Czech Ministry of Education, MSM6198959225 which made it possible for me to accomplish my research on the early modern urban communities in (East) Central Europe. 2 Archív mesta Bardejova (Archive of Bardejov City), inv. č. 294, Policey-Ordnung Bey dieser

European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire, 2004

... 'Egy Vilhelmus Curtius nevu öreg német úrral is ... tone of the elegies was expressed, f... more ... 'Egy Vilhelmus Curtius nevu öreg német úrral is ... tone of the elegies was expressed, for example, by seeking parallels with the death of Alexander the Great ... See Jennifer Woodward, The Theatre of Death: The ritual management of royal funerals in renaissance England, 1570 ...

Austrian History Yearbook, 2005

Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively high level of... more Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively high level of early modern population mobility encouraged by the emergence of qualitatively new phenomena in the spheres of economics, culture, and religion. There is also a prevailing consensus among historians referring to “natural decrease theory.” Historical demographers have suggested that, because of the high mortality rates caused by epidemics, wars, natural catastrophes, and continual problems with hygiene, the natural increase of the urban population was either moderate or nonexistent. Therefore, it was primarily immigration that either produced the rise or compensated for population losses.

Section: Main session Period: Early modern Since the 19th century the concept of "community&... more Section: Main session Period: Early modern Since the 19th century the concept of "community" has wielded enormous influence upon sociological thinking and historical urban studies. It has occupied a central place in theoretical debates on mentality and society from Ferdinand Tönnies, Émile Durkheim and Max Weber to the Chicago School of Sociology and, most recently, Anthony P. Cohen and Gerard Delanty. By adopting the community/society thesis the urban historical research has mostly treated the pre-1800 European cities as communities of burghers: that is, primarily collectivist social organisms that rested upon principles of solidarity, harmony and order. The issue has been, however, explored rather one-sidedly. Whilst much has been written on centrifugal factors (the rising power of centralized territorial states, deepening economic and social inequalities) and competing religious and cultural identities (reformation, steadily increasing population mobility) that heavily ...

Existing research on Czech and Slovak exile has primarily focused on the main centres of Czech an... more Existing research on Czech and Slovak exile has primarily focused on the main centres of Czech and Slovak exile in the USA and Western Europe. However, an analysis of life in exile in a geographically and geopolitically more peripheral region can provide illuminating insights into the problem as well. The study presented here deals with the exile of Czechs and Slovaks in Australia, and it comes to the conclusion that these groups of exiles exhibited a high degree of autonomy from the "Council of Free Czechoslovakia" (Rada svobodného Československa). At the same time, the article analyses the specific conditions affecting immigrants and exiles in Australia and determining their organizational activities. One factor was the country's significant distance from Europe along with its gigantic size, while another was the fact that there were no older cultural or political organisations of Czech and Slovak compatriots in Australia. Likewise important were the circumstances that the Australian society was politically oriented towards the Left and that the Australian government initially obligated political refugees to sign two-year work contracts. On the other hand, the life of Czech and Slovak communities in Australia also exhibited various common features and problems of anti-communist exile-most of all, the attempts to copy the political and cultural paradigms of "Masaryk Czechoslovakia." The large majority of these immigrants were politically passive, and there was a generational and cultural difference between the refugees of 1948 and those of 1968. Finally, tensions between Czechs and Slovaks that were suppressed in totalitarian Czechoslovakia became visible in Australia as well.

Laszlo Kontler, Farewell to Istvan Gyorgy Toth Jaroslav Miller and Laszlo Kontler, Foreword I. Ap... more Laszlo Kontler, Farewell to Istvan Gyorgy Toth Jaroslav Miller and Laszlo Kontler, Foreword I. Approaches and Historiographical Issues Heinz Schilling, The Religious Borderlines of the Confessionalization and Secularisation of European Culture and Societies: Results and Perspectives of My Cooperation with Istvan Gyorgy Toth Charles Kecskemeti, The Value of Foreign Sources for the Understanding of National History, Dubravko Lovrenovic, Hungary and Bosnia 1387-1463: Between Stereotypes and New Interpretations, II. Confessional and Religious Life II.1. Confessional Identities Maria Crăciun, Eucharistic Iconography and the Confessional Identity of the Saxon Community in Early Modern Transylvania Marta Fata, Wider den grausamen Erbfeind deA Christlichen NahmensA": Lutheran Military Chaplains from Wurttemberg in the Hungarian Wars against the Ottoman Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Eva Kowalska, The Ambivalence of Exile: Hungarian Exiles in Germany in the Seventeenth Century Georg B. Michels, The Counter-Reformation and the 1672 Kuruc Revolt II.2. Symbol and Representation Radmila Pavlickova, A Funeral and a Political Pamphlet: The Funeral Sermon for Archbishop Johann Schweikard of Mainz in 1626 Martin Elbel, The Making of a Perfect Friar: Habit and Reform in the Franciscan Tradition II.3. Strife and Accommodation Antonin Kalous, The Politics of Church Unification: Efforts to Reunify the Utraquists and Rome in the 1520s Daniel Tollet, Some Reflections on Uniatism in the Confederation of Poland and Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century, II.4. Religion, Empire and Ideology Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, The Political Theologies of Empires: Jesuit Missionaries between Counter-Reformation Europe and the Chinese Empire Alfred J. Rieber, Conversion as an Instrument of Imperial Rule: The Case of the Russian Empire III. Society and Culture III.1. Order, Hierarchy and Cultural Capital Joachim Bahlcke, The Bishops of the Hungarian CrownA": A Case Study in the Ecclesiastical, Social and Constitutional History of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in South-Eastern Europe Emese Balint, Levels of Group Loyalty at the Turn of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Kolozsvar in the Rakoczi War of Independence Anna Maria Rao, Comparing the Enlightenment: Men of Letters and the Intellectual Milieu in Eighteenth-Century Naples III.2. Disorder, Discipline and Denunciation Cornel Zwierlein, Kateryna Dysa, Orthodox Demonology and the Perception of Witchcraft in Early Modern Ukraine Blanka Szeghyova, Punishment in Sixteenth Century Hungarian Towns III.3. Word and Print, Education and Literacy Zoran Velagic, Reading Aloud: Between Oral and Literate Communication Orlin Sabev (Orhan Salih), A Virgin Deserving Paradise or a Whore Deserving Poison: Manuscript Tradition and Printed Books in Ottoman Turkish Society Victor Karady, Education and Denominations in Transdanubia (1910) Register of Geographic Names Istvan Gyorgy Toth's Bibliography, List of Contributors

The Transformation of Confessional Cultures in a Central European City results from a series of p... more The Transformation of Confessional Cultures in a Central European City results from a series of projects about the history of Olomouc, a medium-sized royal city in Moravia in the present-day Czech Republic. Set in its regional as well as wider contexts, this study of Olomouc contributes to research into ecclesiastical and religious developments of both the late medieval and early modern periods, and in particular the confessional divisions that followed the German Reformation. The chapters of this book are divided along chronological lines and also divided by topics and themes including: Hussitism and Utraquism, the early Czech Reformation, the impact and influences of the German Reformation, and the revival of the Catholic Church from the second half of the seventeenth century. Even though the struggles between rival confessions in the city only took place between the 1530s and 1650s, the council had asserted the city’s Catholicity against the Hussites in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. This emphasis on the city’s Catholic spirituality, and the importance to the urban community of Catholic ritual and ceremonies was restored from the second half of the seventeenth century. The image of religious life in Olomouc that emerges from this study is of a society with competing Catholic bodies and individuals not only opposed to non-Catholic churches but also with sharp internal rivalries between Catholic institutions over forms of ritual and styles of worship. CONTENTS Foreword Introduction. Olomouc – The City and Its History, by Jaroslav Miller 1. A Catholic City in the Hussite Era, 1400-1450s, by Jan Stejskal Death of Margrave Jobst Catholic City versus Hussite Nobility Bishops of Olomouc The Besieged City Capestrano in the City Conclusion 2. Between Hussitism and Reformation, 1450s-1520s, by Antonín Kalous King George Competing Catholic Institutions The Bishop, the Chapter and the City King Matthias Religious Orders The City and the German Reformation Conclusion 3. The Divided City, 1520s-1600, by Ondřej Jakubec Conflict and Coexistence 1556-1558: Confessional Reversal The Olomouc Bishops and Their Confessional Politics in a Divided City The Olomouc City Council versus the Olomouc Bishops The City School at the Church of St Maurice Lutheran Preachers and “Agitators” The Death of Georg Thaller in 1570 and non-Catholic Burials in Olomouc Disciplining of Religious Life in Olomouc The Confessional Topography of Olomouc and Its Visual Manifestations Conclusion 4. The Stormy Path to a Single Religion, 1600-1650, by Tomáš Parma Difficult Continuity: Olomouc in the pre-White Mountain Period Revolt of the Estates: The Temporary Hegemony of non-Catholics State Enforced re-Catholicisation and Decline of the City Swedish Occupation Conclusion 5. The Evolution of Catholic Identity, 1650-1700, by Radmila Prchal Pavlíčková Pilgrimage and Baroque Spirituality Bishop Charles Revival of Catholic Piety Active Religious Life Conclusion 6. Consolidation, 1700-1750, by Martin Elbel Balance of Power Self-Assured Triumph New Challenges Conclusion Afterword, by Graeme Murdock List of Olomouc Bishops, 1397-1776 List of Figures List of Abbreviations Archival Sources Bibliography Index

Introduction Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively ... more Introduction Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively high level of early modern population mobility encouraged by the emergence of qualitatively new phenomena in the spheres of the economy, culture and religion. There is also a prevailing consensus among historians referring to “natural decrease theory”. Historical demographers have suggested that because of the high mortality rates caused by epidemics, wars, natural catastrophes, and continual problems with hygiene the natural increase of the urban population was either moderate or nonexistent. Therefore, it was primarily immigration that either produced the rise or compensated for population losses. In this study I will restrict myself to some aspects of early modern population mobility in East-Central Europe, a region largely neglected so far by comparative historians. To be more specific, my attention will be drawn to Poland-Lithuania and two provinces of the Habsburg monarchy, namely ...

Школа ИШПР Отделение Геологии Уровень образования Магистратура Направление/специальность 21.04.02... more Школа ИШПР Отделение Геологии Уровень образования Магистратура Направление/специальность 21.04.02 «Землеустройство и кадастры» Исходные данные к разделу «Социальная ответственность»: Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЙ ТОМСКИЙ ПОЛИТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» Инженерная школа природных ресурсов Направление подготовки (специальность) 21.04.02 Землеустройство и кадастры Уровень образования магистр Отделение геологии Период выполнения (осенний / весенний семестр 2017/2018 учебного года) Форма представления работы: Магистерская диссертация (бакалаврская работа, дипломный проект/работа, магистерская диссертация) КАЛЕНДАРНЫЙ РЕЙТИНГ-ПЛАН выполнения выпускной квалификационной работы Срок сдачи студентом выполненной работы: Дата контроля Название раздела (модуля) / вид работы (исследования) Максимальный балл раздела (модуля)

Historical Urban Studies Series Series editors: Jean-Luc Pinol and Richard Rodger Titles in the s... more Historical Urban Studies Series Series editors: Jean-Luc Pinol and Richard Rodger Titles in the series include: Marriage, Manners and Mobility in Early Modern Venice Alexander Cowan Who Ran the Cities? City Elites and Urban Power Structures in Europe and North ...

Moderni Dějiny Sbornik K Dějinam 19 a 20 Stoleti, 2012

Urban History, 2012

ABSTRACT:In referring to the sociological concept of community as a cultural field with a complex... more ABSTRACT:In referring to the sociological concept of community as a cultural field with a complex of symbols, the article examines the language of urban communities as applied by pre-1800 urban historiography. The analysis of mostly (East) Central European urban chronicles, burgher diaries and panegyrical texts discloses the strong presence of a normative vision of an idealized community which was projected, however, into the life of a real city.

Parergon, 2012

No precise equivalent in English exists. Hereafter, it is referred to as an instruction. I greatl... more No precise equivalent in English exists. Hereafter, it is referred to as an instruction. I greatly appreciate the financial support provided by a Go8 Fellowship (The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, The University of Western Australia, Perth), the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (project 404/09/0026), and the Czech Ministry of Education, MSM6198959225 which made it possible for me to accomplish my research on the early modern urban communities in (East) Central Europe. 2 Archív mesta Bardejova (Archive of Bardejov City), inv. č. 294, Policey-Ordnung Bey dieser

European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire, 2004

... 'Egy Vilhelmus Curtius nevu öreg német úrral is ... tone of the elegies was expressed, f... more ... 'Egy Vilhelmus Curtius nevu öreg német úrral is ... tone of the elegies was expressed, for example, by seeking parallels with the death of Alexander the Great ... See Jennifer Woodward, The Theatre of Death: The ritual management of royal funerals in renaissance England, 1570 ...

Austrian History Yearbook, 2005

Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively high level of... more Most surveys of urban growth in the long sixteenth century stress the comparatively high level of early modern population mobility encouraged by the emergence of qualitatively new phenomena in the spheres of economics, culture, and religion. There is also a prevailing consensus among historians referring to “natural decrease theory.” Historical demographers have suggested that, because of the high mortality rates caused by epidemics, wars, natural catastrophes, and continual problems with hygiene, the natural increase of the urban population was either moderate or nonexistent. Therefore, it was primarily immigration that either produced the rise or compensated for population losses.