Peasants, Warriors, and Wives: Popular Imagery in the Reformation

by Keith P. F. Moxey

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In Peasants, Warriors, and Wives, Keith Moxey examines woodcut images from the German Reformation that have often been ignored as a crude and inferior form of artistic production. In this richly illustrated study, Moxey argues that while they may not satisfy received notions of "art," they nevertheless constitute an important dimension of the visual culture of the period. Far from being manifestations of universal public opinion, as a cursory acquaintance with their subject matter might suggest, such prints were the means by which the reformed attitudes of the middle and upper classes were disseminated to a broad popular audience.
  • ISBN10 0226543927
  • ISBN13 9780226543925
  • Publish Date 1 April 2004 (first published 22 September 1989)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press