The Pictures of German Life Throughout History

This eBook edition of " The Pictures of German Life Throughout History" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.Volume 1:Scenes from the Hussite War (1425):Emigration of Germans to the east after the thirteenth centuryContrast of the Bohemians…A German Lady of the Royal Court:Life at CourtThe last of the LuxemburgersThe Hungarian Crown...A Travelling Student:Characteristics of the fifteenth centuryIntroductions in the sixteenth centuryThe Latin schools, the children of the people as scholars…The Mental Struggles of a Youth, and his Entrance into a Monastery (1510):The churchBrotherhoods; Indulgences...Out of the Cloister into the Struggle (1522):The storm among the peopleLuther's popularityNarrative of Johann Kessler...Doctor Luther (1517 to 1546):Three letters to the PopeLuther as a writerActivity of his latter years...German Princes at the Imperial Diet (1547):Luther and Charles V.The Roman EmpireWeakness of the Imperial powerAlliance of the German opposition with France...A Burgher Family:Insight into the lower circles of German lifeSocial superiority of the Protestant provinces...The Marriage and Housekeeping of a Young Student:Position of women in the middle agesMarriage considered as an alliance between families...Of a Patrician House (1526 to 1598):Hans Schweinichen's account of the riches of the Fuggers...German Nobility in the Sixteenth Century:False position in the nationTransition to modern life...German Ideas of the Devil in the Sixteenth Century...Volume 2:The Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648)Life and Manners of the SoldiersThe Villagers and their PastorsClippers of Money and Public OpinionThe CitiesThe Peace (1650)Rogues and AdventurersEngagement and Marriage at Court (1661)Of the Homes of German CitizensGerman Life at the Baths in the Seventeenth CenturyJesuits and JewsThe Wasunger War (1747)…