Rebellion Community and Custom in Early Modern Germany

When This Volume First Appeared In German It Inspired A Whole Generation Of Young Scholars. Schindler Recreates The Lives Of Both The Poor And Excluded; The Milieu Of The Burghers; And The Rumbustuous Lifestyles Of The Counts Von Zimmern. A True Archivist He Evokes The Lost Worlds Of Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-Century People. He Investigates Popular Nicknames Snowball Fights Carnival Rituals Even What People Did At Night-Time Before The Advent Of Lighting. A Final Essay Deals With An Extraordinary Late Set Of Trials For Witchcraft In Which Over 200 People Died. Translated Into English For The First Time The Volume Contains A New Foreward By Natalie Zemon Davis And A New Introductory Essay Setting Out The Key Influences Of Schindler''S Work. Norbert Schindler Is The Leading Exponent Of Historical Anthropology In The German-Speaking World. A Founding Member Of The German Journal Historische Anthropologie Schindler Teaches At The University Of Salzburg.