In the past years ideological elements that guaranteed cohesion and loyalties in early modern societies have become a key interest of scholarship. Revolving around the notion of amor patriae (love of country), this study shows how this classical idea with its civic humanist connotations was transferred into the context of monarchical theory of the (German) Empire. The book further explores how love of country fitted into European debates on the nature of commonwealth and the citizen's duties. Combined with an analysis of humanist images of the German fatherland and nation, this concept's application is examined in the German pamphlet literature from the conflicts of the late 16th century to the end of the Thirty Years' War. The result is a refreshing portrait of the confessional era in Germany, which is often simply characterized by sectarian and political divide.
- ISBN10 9004161570
- ISBN13 9789004161573
- Publish Date 13 August 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 512
- Language German
- URL brill.com/product_id27764