1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464904803321

Autore

Kurihara Ken

Titolo

Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany / / by Ken Kurihara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-31873-0

1-315-65432-6

1-78144-068-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World ; ; Number 13

Disciplina

200.94309031

Soggetti

Astronomy - Religious aspects - Christianity

Reformation - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Celestial Wonders, Confessional Conflicts and Apocalypticism -- 1 Exploring the World of Wunderzeichen -- 2 Lutheran Clergy and Wunderzeichen Discourses -- 3 'An Eagle Hurting Himself ': Flacius's Tract against the Interim -- 4 Irenaeus against 'Spiritual Wolves': Polemical Use of Wunderzeichen, I -- 5 Irenaeus against the Concord: Polemical Use of Wunderzeichen, II -- 6 Andreae's Pastoral Use of Wunderzeichen -- 7 Celestial Wonders under the Shadow of War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Celestial phenomena were often harnessed for use by clerics in early modern Germany. Kurihara examines how and why interest in these events grew in this period, how the clergy exploited these beliefs and the role of sectarianism in Germany at this time.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396701803316

Autore

Becon Thomas <1512-1567.>

Titolo

A newe dialog betwene thangell of God, & the shepherdes in the felde [[electronic resource] ] : concernynge the natiuite and birthe of Jesus Christ our Lorde & Sauyoure : no lesse godlye than swete and pleasante to reade / / lately compyled by T.B

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Imprynted by me John Daye dwellyng in Sepulchres paryshe a lytle aboue Holbourne conduit, [1547?]

Descrizione fisica

[56] p

Soggetti

Christmas

Religious poetry, English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In verse.

Imprint from colophon.

Date of imprint suggested by STC (2nd ed.).

"Cum priuilegio Regali ad imprimendum solum"--Colophon.

Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814331703321

Autore

Tosta Antonio Luciano de Andrade

Titolo

Confluence narratives : ethnicity, history, and nation-making in the Americas / / Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Bucknell University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61148-755-2

1-61148-756-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 pages)

Disciplina

809/.897

Soggetti

Ethnicity in literature

Postcolonialism in literature

National characteristics in literature

Nationalism and literature - America

America Literatures History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.