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Incombustible Lutheran Books in Early Modern Germany (Routledge Research in Early Modern History) by Avner Shamir is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book discusses the early modern engagement with books that survived intentional or accidental fire in Lutheran Germany. From the 1620s until the middle of the eighteenth century, unburnt books became an attraction for princes, publishers, clergymen, and some laymen. To cope with an event that seemed counter-intuitive and possibly supernatural, contemporaries preserved these books, narrated their survival, and discussed their significance. This book demonstrates how early modern Europeans, no longer bound to traditional medieval religion, yet not accustomed to modern scientific ways of thinking, engaged with a natural phenomenon that was not uncommon and yet seemed to defy common sense.

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Author

Avner Shamir

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor et Francis Group

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780429055171

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Computer Science, Reference