Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern Prague

In the seventeenth century Prague was the setting for a complex and shifting spiritual world. By studying the city's material culture, this book presents a bold alternative understanding of early modern religion in central Europe.

List of contents

• Introduction: Prague - An Urban Cosmos


• Part I: A Shared Cosmos


• 1: Natural Matter


• 2: A Matter of Kinship


• 3: A Cosmos in the Making


• Part II: The Cosmos and Confessions


• 4: The Clockmaker's Cosmos


• 5: Fracturing Universal Christianity


• 6: Domesticating the Baroque


• Conclusion

About the author

Suzanna Ivanič is a cultural historian of early modern Central Europe interested in religion, material and visual culture, and travel. She gained her PhD from the University of Cambridge. After a post lecturing at the University of Cambridge she joined the University of Kent as a Lecturer in Early Modern History.

Summary

In the seventeenth century Prague was the setting for a complex and shifting spiritual world. By studying the city's material culture, this book presents a bold alternative understanding of early modern religion in central Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanna (Lecturer in Early Modern History Ivanic, Suzanna Ivanič
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2021
• EAN: 9780192898982
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289898-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; European History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Prague, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Former Czechoslovakia