Pagans in the early modern Baltic : sixteenth-century ethnographic accounts of Baltic paganism / / edited by Francis Young
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| Titolo: |
Pagans in the early modern Baltic : sixteenth-century ethnographic accounts of Baltic paganism / / edited by Francis Young
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| Pubblicazione: | Leeds, England : , : Arc Humanities Press, , [2022] |
| ©2022 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (vi, 181 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 292.009479 |
| Soggetto topico: | Paganism |
| Religion | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Baltic States |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Baltic religion |
| Lithuania | |
| Prussia | |
| ethnography | |
| paganism | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | YoungFrancis (Francis Kendrick) |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Editor’s Note -- Translator’s Note -- TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS -- 1. Cosmographia Pii Papae in Asiae et Europae eleganti descriptione / 1. The Cosmography of Pope Pius II in an Elegant Description of Europe and Asia -- 2. Historiae Polonicae / 2. Polish Histories -- 3. Vita et mores Sbignei cardinalis / 3. The Life and Manners of Cardinal Zbigniew -- 4. Tractatus de duabus Sarmatiis Asiana et Europeana et de contentis in eis / 4. Treatise on the Two Asian and European Sarmatias and on Those Things Contained in Them -- 5. De Borussiae antiquitatibus libri duo / 5. Two Books on the Antiquities of the Prussians (1518) -- 6. Catechismusa prasty szadei / 6. Simple Words of Catechism (1547) [Pastoral Preface] -- 7. De moribus Tartarorum, Lituanorum et Moschorum / 7. On the Customs of the Tatars, Lithuanians, and Muscovites -- 8. Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio / 8. A Description of Sarmatian Europe -- 9. Libellus de sacrificiis et idolatria veterum Borussorum, Livonum, aliarumque vicinarum gentium / 9. Little Book on the Sacrifices and Idolatry of the Old Prussians, Livonians, and Other Neighbouring Peoples -- 10. De diis Samagitarum caeterorumque Sarmatarum, et falsorum Christianorum / 10. On the Gods of the Samogitians, of the Other Sarmatians, and of the False Christians -- Bibliography -- Lithuanian Summary / Santrauka -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Sixteenth-century ethnographic accounts of Baltic paganism in English translation for the first time. With a critical introduction placing these texts in the contexts of early modern ethnography, Baltic history, and Reformation religious polemic. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pagans in the early modern Baltic |
| ISBN: | 1-80270-021-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910795867203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Foundations (ARC Humanities Press)