Jenatsch's Axe - Social Boundaries, Identity, and Myth in the Era of the Thirty Years' War

A richly documented investigation of a well-known figure in Swiss history who crossed diverse social and cultural boundaries in pre-modern Europe.

List of contents

Introduction
A Brief Life of George Jenatsch
"Georgius Jenatius, Engadino-Rhetus": Mapping an Identity among Region, Nation, and Language
From Religious Zealot to Convert
"Something That Every Goatherd Can Do": Pastor, Soldier, and Noble
Hidden Boundaries?: Behind Conventional Views of Jenatsch
Jenatsch after 1639: Storytelling in Biography and Myth
Epilogue: The Past, the Present, and Magic Bells

About the author

Randolph C. Head

Product details

• Authors: Randolph C Head, Randolph C. Head
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2016
• EAN: 9781580465656
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-565-6
• No. of pages: 193
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Series: Changing Perspectives on Early
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, History - General History