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| Genre/Form: | Briefsammlung Quelle Correspondence |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Katerina Lemmel; Katerina Lemmel |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Corine Schleif; Volker Schier |
| ISBN: | 9780271033693 027103369X |
| OCLC Number: | 242561765 |
| Description: | xliv, 579 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, geneal. tables ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Looking through words, numbers, images, buildings, and melodies : glimpses of childhood and marriage, investment and donation, in the nuremberg of Katerina -- Imhoff Lemmel, 1466-1516 -- Disappearing behind veils and walls with windows : Katerina's rituals and rhetoric of passage in June 1516 -- Opening windows of communication : building and business, letters from 1516 -- Sitting at the window : news of shattered promises and bad returns : letters from February through July 1517 -- Windows of opportunity : bad times, singing for saffron, sights and sounds -- Scents and tastes, of commemoration : letters from August through December 1517 -- Writing by window light, singing by candlelight : Benefactions through windows to the world outside : letters from 1518 -- Windows under scrutiny : letters from 1519 -- Some good eyeglasses : letters from 1520-1522 -- Breaking windows : violent clashes in the Peasants' War of 1525 -- Now through a glass darkly, but then face to face : Katerina's last letter last words and last will -- Conclusion: Moving forward with a glance in the rearview mirror. |
| Responsibility: | Corine Schleif and Volker Schier. |
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Abstract:
"Examines 58 letters written by Katerina Lemmel, a wealthy Nuremberg widow, who in 1516 entered the abbey of Maria Mai in south Germany, and rebuilt the monastery using her own resources and the donations she solicited from relatives"--Provided by publisher.
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