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Book SynopsisThis volume honors the work of a scholar who has been active in the field of early modern history for over four decades. In that time, Susan Karant-Nunn’s work challenged established orthodoxies, pushed the envelope of historical genres, and opened up new avenues of research and understanding, which came to define the contours of the field itself. Like this rich career, the chapters in this volume cover a broad range of historical genres from social, cultural and art history, to the history of gender, masculinity, and emotion, and range geographically from the Holy Roman Empire, France, and the Netherlands, to Geneva and Austria. Based on a vast array of archival and secondary sources, the contributions open up new horizons of research and commentary on all aspects of early modern life. Contributors: James Blakeley, Robert J. Christman, Victoria Christman, Amy Nelson Burnett, Pia Cuneo, Ute Lotz-Heumann, Amy Newhouse, Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer, Helmut Puff, Lyndal Roper, Karen E. Spierling, James D. Tracy, Mara R. Wade, David Whitford, and Charles Zika.
Trade Review"this is a collection that will be of great interest to all scholars of the Reformation. These essays are astonishingly engaging. The essays [...] may seem to be super-specific (and they are), but potential readers ought not let that scare them off. These contributions are festooned with incredibly interesting historical facts.[...] Reformation scholars, persons interested in gender studies, and those inclined to the investigation of the minutest details of early modern European history will all enjoy making their way through this collection. I think you will enjoy it. And so I recommend it to you." Jim West (ThD), Ming Hua Theological College / Charles Sturt University, in Zwinglius Redivivus (https://zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2021/04/17)
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Figures Notes on Contributors Prologue James J. Blakeley and Robert J. Christman part 1: The Early Reformation in Saxony 1 Simultaneously Bride and Whore: Martin Luther, the Bride of Christ, and the Limits of Hyperbole David M. Whitford 2 Luther and Gender Lyndal Roper 3 High Noon on the Road to Damascus: A Reformation Showdown and the Role of Horses in Lucas Cranach the Younger’s Conversion of Paul (1549) Pia F. Cuneo 4 Aging and Retirement of Former Nuns after the Reforming of the Convent in Ernestine Saxony Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer part 2: Devotional Ritual and Popular Religion 5 Streitkultur Meets the Culture of Persuasion: The Flensburg Disputation of 1529 Amy Nelson Burnett 6 How to Make a Holy Well: Local Practices and Official Responses in Early Modern Germany Ute Lotz-Heumann 7 Distinguishing between Saints and Spirits. Or How to Tell the Difference between the Virgin Mary and Mary the Ghost? Kathryn A. Edwards part 3: Cultural History and the Religious and Political Self 8 Advice from a Lutheran Politique: Ambassador David Ungnad’s Circular Letter to the Austrian Estates, 1576 James Tracy 9 Emblematic Strategies in the Devotions and Dynasty of Dorothea, Princess of Anhalt Mara R. Wade 10 “Rebellious Sister?” Mary of Hungary, Queen-Regent of the Netherlands, 1531–1555 Victoria Christman part 4: Culture in Motion: Emotion, Space, and Gender 11 Compassion in Punishment: The Visual Evidence in Sixteenth-Century Depictions of Calvary Charles Zika 12 Above the Skin: Cloth and the Body’s Boundary in Early Modern Nuremberg Amy Newhouse 13 Masculinities in Sixteenth-Century Imagery: A Contribution to Early Modern Gender History Helmut Puff 14 ‘One Must Speak the Truth Rather than Staying Silent’: Women, Scandal, and the Genevan Consistory Karen E. Spierling Epilogue: A Festival of Festschriften Merry Wiesner-Hanks Index
