Communities beyond borders: internal boundaries and circulations in the 18th century

2021 ◽  
Vol 9s4 ◽  
pp. 168-189
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Rolla
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Emic Perspective ◽  
Urban Institutions ◽  
The City

To understand the political, social and economic conditions which made possible a certain freedom of movement in early modern Europe, it is necessary to abandon the idea of a state sovereignty which expressed itself through the control of boundaries and its territory, which is a relatively recent notion in Western legal culture. Thus, in early modern Europe external borders were porous, and surveillance systems were organised in a plurality of jurisdictions and responded to multiple logics and interests. This article focuses on Turin, the capital of the States of Savoy, where boundaries were defined by the control of urban institutions responsible for the police of the city, as the Vicariate. To observe the process of defining these frontiers, I have chosen to use an emic perspective, attentive to the point of view of the actors. This contribution is interested in the strategies adopted by a group of people subject to high mobility�construction workers�when faced with internal borders. This approach allows us to consider the �relational� substance of the border, its multiple and changing nature.

scholarly journals The Hermeneutics of Transmission: Deciphering Discourses on Poetry and the Arts in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800)

2011 ◽  
pp. 37-60
Author(s):  
Déborah Blocker
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Political History ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Intellectual Traditions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The Way

This article discusses how the constitution, circulation and institutionalization of discourses on poetry and the arts in early modern Europe could best be accounted for from a historical point of view. Pointing to various inconsistencies in the way historians of ideas have traditionally explained the rise of aesthetic discourses, the article examines the usefulness of the tools crafted by historians of the book for the development of such a project. Through an example, the drawbacks of interpretations based solely on serial bibliographies are also addressed, as the author argues for the importance of case studies, grounded in social, cultural and political history, through which various types of aesthetic practices may be made to appear. She also suggests that, to bypass the theoretical and practical deadlocks of traditional Begriffsgeschichte as far as the study of aesthetic practices is concerned, intellectual traditions and the actions that make them possible — that is “actions of transmission” — are to be promoted to the status of primary hermeneutic tools.

The Market and the City: Square, Street and Architecture in Early Modern Europe

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 442
Author(s):  
John M. Hunt ◽  
Donatella Calabi ◽  
Marlene Klein
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Discipline and Ignorance in Calvin’s Geneva

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
SCOTT M. MANETSCH
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Religious Culture ◽  
John Calvin ◽  
Religious Institution ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Public Morality ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Disciplinary Records ◽  
The City

Abstract: Founded by John Calvin in 1542, the Genevan consistory was a disciplinary court made up of pastors and lay elders that oversaw public morality and enforced right belief in the city church. Although scholars of early modern Europe have explored in detail the various functions of this religious institution, inadequate attention has been paid to its important pedagogical role. This essay explores the various strategies that Calvin’s consistory employed to correct religious ignorance and inculcate Protestant belief among the city inhabitants. Based on quantitative analysis of extant Genevan disciplinary records from 1542 to 1609, it will be argued that Calvin’s consistory was largely successful in reshaping Geneva’s religious culture and imparting a deeper understanding of reformed Christianity to many children and adults.

Brief Notes on the Long War in the Early Modern News Cycle

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 17-33
Author(s):  
Robyn D. Radway
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Late Spring ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Street Vendor ◽  
White Pigment ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Words And Images ◽  
The City

It is difficult for the historian to imagine how the scraps of paper encountered in the archive, filled with printed words and images, served as the first newspapers that were created, distributed, and read throughout early modern Europe. Taking an empathetic approach to history, the process could look something like this: In a village outside of Augsburg in late spring of 1595, a small crowd gathers around a well-worn tavern table, staring intently at a sheet of paper. Some focus their eyes on the brightly colored image filling the top half of the page: a bird's-eye view of a citadel in a heavily fortified countryside with throngs of armored figures mercilessly slaying their turbaned enemies. Others let their eyes wander through the two columns of text below, perhaps quietly sounding out the letters they recognize as they search for familiar words and phrases. One man, possibly the local notary, darts his eyes more rapidly across the lines, reading portions out loud to those still waiting to digest the contents of the sheet of paper. Everyone present knows the key points from the headline running along the top, having heard it called out by the street vendor who sold it in the square, a raspy voice crying: “The City and Fortress of Simbalt in Moldavia on the Danube, and other locations”; “2000 Turks slain with poleaxes”; “The army spared no one, men or women, young or old”; and “Lots of booty.” The peddler, who carried the sheet along with a variety of small wares as he moved around the countryside, had picked it up earlier that week from the courtyard establishment of Leonard Schweiger, in the Augsburg suburb of St. James. That morning, it had arrived in a stack of 100 to 500 identical sheets in the hands of the entrepreneuring publisher and Briefmaler, Georg Kress. Earlier, Kress had hurriedly added the finishing touches of paint to the image, the last of the white pigment still drying as he ran his latest batch of newssheets over to the shop. Time was of the essence. Kress needed to get his print out before his rival, Bartholomäus Käppler, overheard his source boasting about the events and created his own newssheet. This fresh news, of Christian forces defeating the Muslim Turks, sold quickly. Kress was ready to provide it, just in time for our hawker to pick up a stack of copies, one of which would eventually make its way into the hands of the villagers sitting around the tavern table.

scholarly journals Everyday Magic in Early Modern Europe edited by Kathryn A. Edwards

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren Oldridge
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
Supernatural Beliefs ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Magical Beliefs

Historians have long known that the efforts of religious reformers, both Catholic and Protestant, to challenge the magical beliefs of ordinary people in early modern Europe met with limited success, and that a rich stratum of unorthodox supernatural beliefs survived well into the 18th century. This welcome collection of essays addresses the negotiations and compromises between official religion in its various forms and the vibrant world of popular magic during the “long Reformation". Reviewed by: Darren Oldridge, Published Online (2021-04-30)Copyright © 2021 by Darren Oldridge Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/article/view/37677/28674 Corresponding Author: Darren Oldridge,University of Worcester, UKE-Mail: [email protected]

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